[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a 7500 upgraded with a phase 5 g3/400 card, 296meg ram and an ATI > Xclaim VR graphics card running OS 9.1. I did have a 2 gig internal, 1 gig > internal and 1 gig external HDs but got a 6 gig and 4 gig hd off ebay quite > cheaply (both 50pin scsi so no messing around with adaptors). > > The 6 gig (6.4 gig actually but shows up as 5.99 gig...why?) is a quantum > drive and formatted fine with Drive Setup.
Manufacturers advertise their drives as 1000 K/meg sizes (and 1000 meg per gig) whereas Drive setup properly uses 1024K /meg (and 1024 meg per gig). Also there's always Marketing Rounding Errors. (Like companies advertising a 350CC motorcycle engine that's usually around 335 CC per the real specs...) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
