Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!dlangfor From: dlangfor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David W Langford) Subject: Re: HD Message-ID: <1991May14.061352.21471@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: right.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Organization: Oganization! Who said anything about organization? References: <1991May13.225515.12661@pbs.org> Date: Tue, 14 May 1991 06:13:52 GMT Lines: 39 In article <1991May13.225515.12661@pbs.org> kellsworth@pbs.org (Video Magician) writes: >In article , Scott_Bremner@resbbs.UUCP (Scott Bremner) writes: >> Anyone outhere have any Idea how many megs is in a 2 gig HD >> thanks >> > Okay time to get a clue... 1 byte = 8 bits ( 2^0 ) 1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes (can we say 2^10 ) >1 megabyte = 1 million bytes 1 megabyte = 1024 kilo bytes (can we say 2^20 ) >1 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes 1 gigabyte = 1024 mega bytes ( 2^40 ) >1 billion = 1000 million true however in computerese it is more like: 1 giga = 1024 mega > >... therefore .... >a 2 gig HD holds approximately 2,000,000,000 bytes, give or take >a kilobyte or two. actually 2,147,483,648 bytes so you are off by 147,483,648 or about 140.65 Megabytes Of course in the case of a hard drive this is mute since it is before formatting so you only et about 1.5 - 1.8 Gigs a storage. Funny how salepeople never mention that fact. -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | David Langford - Columbus, OH | dlangfor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu | | | dlangfo@ohstmvsa -Bitnet | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+