>Hi Sergey
>
>Shouldnt that be 128*1000*1024?
>
>>SYS(3050, 2, 128*1024*1024
A KB is 1024 bytes. A GB is 1024 KB, that is, 1024*1024 (or 1024^2) bytes. A MB is 1024 MB, or 1024^3 KB. Look for the definitions in
www.pcwebopedia.com, or in
www.whatis.com.
Hard-disk manufacturers usually use KB as 1000, MB as 1000^2, and GB 1000^3, for the same reasons that screens size is indicated with the diagonal, and alcoholic beverages indicate the percentage as percent-volumen (instead of percent-weight). In the case of hard-disks, even serious publications erroneously state that the "formatted capacity" is so-and-so much. The difference is not due to "formatting" but to the different definitions used for GB, etc.
Met hartelijke groeten,
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
