27 Jul
2006
27 Jul
'06
7:31 a.m.
Although according to the author the 6502 can address
65K, not 64K.
This is very common, and is based on an assumption of 'k' meaning
1000 (decimal), not 1024 - 16 bit bus - 65535 bytes (65 thousand). > I've seen it in data sheets and other
reasonably technically accurate
> material - I guess it depends on your point of view (and how low-level
> your experience is :-)
>
> Hard drive manufacturers have been doing the same thing with "meg"
> for years - specing in decimal 1,000,000 makes the drive sound bigger
> than specing in 2**20 sized blocks.
I really think this is a very silly practice...
Imagine
what would happen if they did that with RAM sticks?!
In a way it makes sense ... The general public understands "thousand"
better than "k", so giving them the number of bytes in thousands will
give them a better idea of the actual number than a true "k" value
would - we computer geeks just think differently than everyone else
I find myself counting non-computer related things in hex all the time
(If you are doing it out loud, people nearby look at you strangely
and move slightly further away)
Dave
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