Robert Newson wrote: > Ade Vickers wrote: > > ... > >>Sinclair used 512 byte blocks/sectors on the mdvs. ^_^ > > > > Of course.... I'd forgotten that. It's been too long since > I used a QL > > in anger -- even though I have one set up right here in the > office :-/ > > > > So... My estimate of 3.5million MDVs is, in fact, wrong; it > should be > > nearly 7million MDVs. > > Mdvs had a [theoretical] max capacity of 128K, though in > practice, it was slightly less: I used to get around 220 > sectors on a formatted cartridge giving about 110K.
Mea culpa - a senior moment; I'd already converted it into K, instead of blocks. You're right of course - my original QL gave anywhere between 220 and 230 free blocks, generally; i.e. 110 to 115K approx. Cheers, Ade. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.0/775 - Release Date: 24/04/2007 17:43 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
