Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de!hartnegg From: hartnegg@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Klaus Hartnegg) Subject: Re: 645000 bytes is not 645k Message-ID: <1991May4.140204.4537@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Deutschland References: Date: Sat, 4 May 91 14:02:04 GMT Lines: 26 richard@iesd.auc.dk (Richard Flamsholt S0rensen) writes: >>>>>> On 23 Apr 91 08:35:05 GMT, hartnegg@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Klaus Hartnegg) said: >Klaus>I have 645k free conventional memory with Dos 3.3 and Qemm 5.11 >Klaus>with several devices and TSR's installed. No, it's not a typo, I >Klaus>really have 645k free, it is definitively conventional memory > ~~~~~~~~~ >Klaus>and I am really running Dos 3.3. > Programs like mapmem, chkdsk and free report the free memory in >bytes and a lot of people forget that, say, 645000 bytes is really >only 629Kb and not 645Kb. > I'm not implying that the amount you reported was wrong, only that >it is very common to make that mistake (even by people who knows 1Kb = >1024 bytes - they just seem to forget that in this context). So, be >aware when reporting memory sizes. Yes, many people mix this up but I indeed have 645k out of a total of 704k free. (704k are about 720000 bytes). -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Klaus Hartnegg, Kleist-Str. 7, D-7835 Teningen, Germany | include standard Bitnet : hartnegg@dfrruf1 or hartnegg@cernvm | disclaimer here! Internet : hartnegg@ibm.ruf.uni-freiburg.de |