[Coco] kibibyte

[Rogelio Perea]

I, for one, have more than heard about the IEC and it has been so for years.
Been heavily involved in ISO efforts and worked closely with the ITU and
IEEE while working in Mexico with matters that related to the telephone
company. Probably all these terms could sound 'Esperanto' to some but
believe me they are not.

I agree with the wikipedia entry (hence the IEC standard): the ambiguity
with which the term kilobyte has been used in the past has created a rift on
the appreciation of the real capacity of today's mass storage media... back
in the days of the CoCo (to put things in topic!) all this really didn't
matter... and still doesn't, that's part of the the charming beauty of such
vintage technology  :-)


-=[ Rogelio ]=-


On 8/15/07, Jim Hickle <jlhickle at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> "Kibibytes"  sounds like a brand of dog food.  Has anyone ever even heard
> of the  "International Electrotechnical Commission"?  Are they the same
> people who wanted us all to speak Esperanto back in the '60's ?