1" paper tape buy ?

[Mike Loewen]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:

> Didn't someone once work out that to store a single MP3 you'd need a stack of 
> 80-column cards ten miles high?

    Assuming a 6MB MP3 file and 40 bytes per card:

    6 * 1048576 = 6291456 bytes
    / 40 bytes per card = 157286.4 (157285) cards
    * .178mm card thickness = 27996.73 mm high
    / 25.4mm per inch = 1102.233465 inches
    / 12 =  91.85278871 (91.85) feet


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