720RPM 3.5" FDDs?

arcarlini at iee.org arcarlini at iee.org
Sun Feb 1 17:32:51 CST 2009


cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org wrote:
> My only complaint is that they decided that MB is 10^6 not 2^20 well
> after common usage dictated that MB was 2^20 bytes.

Why make an exception for the computer industry? We'll be back to
rods and slugs before you know it?

kilo was 10^3 and mega 10^6 long before computer memory got in on the
act.

You'll notice the networking world didn't decide to rewrite the rules.

Antonio




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