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Posted by polo on 02-02-2000 02:41 AM:

Hi,

The total memory of my IceVDx is 7936k<8mb...

Is this normal?

Posted by QL2 on 02-02-2000 01:50 PM:

Yes, this is normal.

Posted by Tom LaPrise on 02-02-2000 04:36 PM:

The OS and built-in apps are "burned in" to a portion of that 8MB, so the RAM available to the user is just short of 8MB. Same with the 8MB Springboard; the driver(s) take up a little space, so the user gets just under 8MB to fool with.

Posted by Hoser_back_home on 02-02-2000 04:49 PM:

I'm still confused as to how you thought 7936kb = 7.75 MB??

Posted by TheSkipper on 02-02-2000 05:46 PM:

code:1 MB = 1024 KB

          1 MB
7936KB x ------- = 7.75 MB
         1024 KB

[This message has been edited by TheSkipper (edited 02-02-2000).]

Posted by bregent1 on 02-02-2000 05:56 PM:

I've seen arguments go both ways; 1Meg = 1024K or 1M = 1000K. I think interpretation is based largely on whether you're a consumer or a supplier
This link may help to clarify:

http://www.whatis.com/megabyte.htm

[This message has been edited by bregent1 (edited 02-02-2000).]

Posted by TheSkipper on 02-02-2000 06:07 PM:

quote:
According to the Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, a megabyte means either 1,000,000 bytes or 1,048,576 bytes.

Well, leave it to Microsoft to make it clear as mud

I believe a MB is always technically 1024KB. Using 1000KB is good for approximating (for example, Iomega Zip disks really hold approximately 100MB).

-Chris

Posted by Hoser_back_home on 02-02-2000 07:31 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by TheSkipper:
Well, leave it to Microsoft to make it clear as mud

I believe a MB is always technically 1024KB. Using 1000KB is good for approximating (for example, Iomega Zip disks really hold approximately 100MB).

-Chris

Thanks chris,

a little off topic but did you ever live in Toronto? I used to know a chris back home who's nickname was the skipper.

Posted by TheSkipper on 02-02-2000 08:08 PM:

Nope, I've never lived in Toronto (visited there once about 15 years ago though). I'm a lifetime Ohioan.

-Chris

Posted by Hoser_back_home on 02-02-2000 09:51 PM:

oh well..thought maybe this was one of those 'small world reunions'.

Thanks to everyone on the bytes tutorial!

Posted by drgandy on 02-02-2000 10:32 PM:

to uninformed people, a kilobyte is equal to 1000 bytes. to people who know what they are talking about, a kilobyte is equal to 1024 (2^10). other definitions exists to accomodate the ignorant.

Posted by polo on 02-03-2000 04:17 AM:

Hi,

Thank you guys!

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