Joseph, thank you very much for that satisfactory explanation. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:26 PM Subject: [BrailleNote] MPOWER Question
Karen, This is Joseph. Did you checked the card's properties under Windows? If you have, than it should have reported something like "489 MB." I think this is because of the following: 1. You need to format the card with FAT file system (I don't recommend using FAT32 because the log file take considerable amount of space and the total size is reported incorrectly.). Then it'll tell you the correct amount. 2. Operating systems like Windows CE reports card capacity using what is known as binary prefix. So, for example, a 128 MB CF card may contain approximately 128 million characters. Under Windows, it is reported as "121 MB" because it uses binary to calculate the amount, versus the amount of characters. So your 512 MB card may hhave 488 MB of storage (if you check with Windows) or something like 512274488 characters (under KeySoft). So it depends on the operating system. (I personally have a 1.0 BG Sandisk card. Under Windows XP, it shows that the total capacity is 977 MB. Under KeySoft, it shows that the capacity is 1024655360 characters.) I hope this information may clarify your needs. __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
