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Subject: Re: random notes taken at IBM announcement
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Date: Tue, 14-Apr-87 20:51:14 EST
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In article <1610008@hpcvlo.HP.COM>, john@hpcvlo.HP.COM (John Eaton) writes:
> Another thing that IBM has given us in this announcement is a new way to use 
> the letter "M". A 1.44 MB drive is actually twice the size of a 720 Kbyte
> which means it is 1440 Kbytes. This means that M now refers to the unusual
> multiplier of 1000*1024. Talk about mixed unit of measure. 

I probably don't need to ask, but have you seen the new drive working
in the new machines, or are you just assuming that it has only twice the
space as a 720Kbyte drive just because 720*2 = 1440... True this is a 
coinsidence, but the capacity may really be 1.44 Mega Bytes
/Carl

P. S. if you are positive the drive does not have the stated capacity, I
stand corrected.