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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                         Aug 15, 1990

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  CODE BLUE ERROR MESSAGE
  RE: EXTENDED MEMORY ON A       (2 messages)


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Date:     08-12-90 (18:10)
To:       ALL
Subject:  CODE BLUE ERROR MESSAGE
From:     DENNIS PERRY

I get a Code Blue error messate "Error 2000: Stack Overflow" whenever
I exit from programs that run under CB.  Does anyone know what this
means?  I have not seen a program yet that exits correctly.  I
recently upgraded to a 100B from a 100A and the error occurs under
both.  I have the maximum memory, black and white monitor, LA 50
prriter, etc.  I have to reboot the system to run anyother program,
including CB.  Most DOS commands continue to work, such DIR, etc. but
at a very slow rate.

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Date:     08-12-90 (22:23)
To:       AMER NELSON
Subject:  RE: EXTENDED MEMORY ON A
From:     DAVID MAROUN

According to international standards, 'mega' stands for 1 million, not
1024 * 1024.  You will often see writers take '256 k' as equivalent to
'256 thousand' and 'megabyte' as equivalent to '1000 k' regardless of
what the author had in mind.  The idea is that you should take someone
at his word.

I must admit, though, that I sometimes translate 'k' as 1024 anyway.

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Date:     08-15-90 (07:45)
To:       DAVID MAROUN
Subject:  RE: EXTENDED MEMORY ON A
From:     GEORGE THEALL

DM>According to international standards, 'mega' stands for 1 million, not
DM>1024 * 1024.

  Regardless of what "international standards" say, most computer
users would be royally pissed if they ordered 1 *megabyte* of memory
and found it contained only 1 *million* bytes. Or purchased a 70MB
hard disk only to discover it contained not 73,400,320 bytes but
70,000,000.

   Further, any vendor of computer equipment trying to sell products
using your interpretation of "mega" would surely find him/herself on
the losing end of a lawsuit!

   Sometimes common usage overrides dictionary definitions and/or
international standards.


George
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