| From: | Terje Maurset |
| Date: | 11 Aug 2000 at 15:46:28 |
| Subject: | Re: warpos lockup |
Hello Alan
On 11-Aug-00, you wrote:
> hi,
>
>> I recently checked my DAD's 060 A4k out & found that he was getting 50mb
>> out of 48mb worth of SIMMS. Maybe RAM cards aren't designed to be very
>> specific to their ratings (just like the 60ns issue).
>
> err, 48Mb is a lot more than 48,000k ;-)
>
> (its 50,331,648 bytes - so your Amiga is correct! :-) )
You gotta tell him why Alan.
1Mb => 1,048
48Mb => 48,000,000 * 1,048 = (err.) 50,304,000 ??? Alan!? :)
So that's why you only get 95Mb with a "100Mb" Zip-Disk.
>
> the 60ns/70ns issue depends on the manufacturer and the controller on the
> board
>
> alan
Regards