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.


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