[Coco] What would a CoCo successor have to have as a minimum?

[Little John]

that particular debate has raged in the hard drive community forever :-)
Hard drives are rated in base 10 by the manufacturer, while the actual 
useable space is dictated by base 2...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark McDougall" <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] What would a CoCo successor have to have as a minimum?


> On 23/11/2010 6:44 PM, Frank Pittel wrote:
>
>> I hope we don't get
>> into a debate on whether a "K" is 1,000 or 1,022. :-) (forgive me for
>> stirring the pot a little)
>
> That would be a quick debate because common usage is either 1,000 or 
> 1,024!
>
> Actually, there really is no debate because (lowercase) 'k' is the SI 
> prefix for 1,000.
>
> (uppercase) 'K', although in common usage is not strictly a standard 
> prefix for anything. The IEC prefix for 2^10 or 1,024 is 'Ki'.
>
> :P
>
> Just stirring the pot a little more! :)
>
> Regards,
>
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