23 Feb
2011
23 Feb
'11
8:38 a.m.
The possible pedantics are endless!
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From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 10:35:20 AM
Subject: Re: Bit of DEC Trivia
On 2/23/11 11:25 AM, Guy Sotomayor wrote:
Found this out and thought I'd share it with the
list (note I'll send
the answer later after seeing the "guesses").
Q: How many DECTapes (images) can fit on a 1TB HDD?
(Also note, this is a "trick" question).
Have fun. It'll be interesting to see the answers! :-)
With or without filesystem overhead on the HDD? If with, using what
filesystem? And what size of allocation unit?
For some "real" definition of TB, or some marketing garbage like TiB or
whatever? For that matter, what make and model of drive?
Or for a different approach...how high do you want to stack them? ;)
You're a sicko for starting this. ;) *poke*
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL