6 Dec
2014
6 Dec
'14
6:02 p.m.
> Back when Zip disks came out, they were sold as
100MB. They were
> actually 96MB [...]. I had occasion to call iOmega for something
> else related to Zip disks and asked them where the other 4MB went,
> not because I didn't know but because I was curious what they'd say.
I dunno--if you go by the 1MB = 10**6 bytes, it's
pretty accurate
[...]
Well, yes; I knew that was "where the 4MB went". I was curious whether
they would try to "correct" the 96M figure or what...and it turned out
to be "what".
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