> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 8:21:15 -0600
> From: Ray Van Tassle-CRV004 <Ray_Van_Tassle-CRV004@email.mot.com>
> To: albert@ccs.neu.edu, Rob.Hagopian@mailhost.vu.union.edu
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: GB vs. MB
>
>
> > >I think we should just be glad that hard disk manufacturers
> > >don't throw in a factor of 4 for compression -- not yet anyway.
> >
> > Yet. I shudder to think what will happen if/when we get hardware
> > compression on drives.
>
> Tape drives are sold this way now. YUCH. I always have to do a mental
> "divide by two" when reading their claims.
It pisses me off that there is a listed capacity for a tape drive at all.
The listed spec for a tape drive should be bytes per inch, not a fixed
size. And however long a tape you can get, multiply it out to get
capacity.