23 Jan
1999
23 Jan
'99
12:34 a.m.
"Buck Savage" <hhacker(a)gte.net> wrote:
And it isn't what is displayed, though it is what I expected...
Heck - my home
PC has 128 Mb... which shows up through the
POST as 130nnn (I forget the last three digits).
128 * 1024 =3D 131072
Hence, if your display is
131072K
then your display is accurate. K means 1024, and that is universally accepted by all
programmers! It
is we, the programmers of the world, who define the value of such
symbols, and = I say, it is also our prerogrative if ensure that their
use by lay persons is = accurate. This is not any different than du Pont
protecting the meaning of the = name teflon, nor Xerox the meaning of the
name Xerox.
If this is not the display, then perhaps it is
(128 * 1024) - (1024 - 640) =3D 130688
This looks more like it, and in fact is what I realized last night
as I was writing a reply on this topic... so I did finally figure
it out...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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