Re: What means 'model: ST1480 SUN0424' (was: NCR810 problems on 2.2.10-ac10)
Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Sun, 18 Jul 1999 15:11:45 +0200 (MEST)
Guest section DW wrote:
> R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl writes:
>
> > According to Seagate it holds 426 Mb (*) of data. My guess is that that's
> > where the 0424 comes from. (426/424 ~=~ (1 computer Mb) / 1e6)
>
> No - you must buy a new pocket calculator.
> Both Seagate and Sun follow the standard.
> Nobody uses your so-called `computer megabytes' for disks.
> Secondly, 426*(10^6)/(2^20) = 406.2, much smaller than 424.
> Indeed, 2^20 is nearly 5% larger than 10^6.
Woops. Off by a factor of 10. Sorry. I did:
426/424
1.00471698113207547169
and I sudden recognized the 4.8 % that signifies 2^20/10^6....
Roger.
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