Norman wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Yes, I am toying with getting a 400GB hard drive ... I > > > > I wonder how many QL microdrives that is the equivalent of ? > > Using 400 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 bytes and dividing by 110 * > 1024 bytes we get a grand total of 3,813,003.6363 (recurring) > microdrive cartridges.
Except that a hard-drive "kilobyte" is 1000 bytes, and a "megabyte" is 1000 "kilobytes"... So, in fact, it's 400 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 / (110 * 1024) = 3,551,136.3636 recurring That's nearly 250,000 microdrive capacities "lost" :) Cheers, Ade. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.0/775 - Release Date: 24/04/2007 17:43 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm