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From: hartnegg@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Klaus Hartnegg)
Subject: Re: 645000 bytes is not 645k
Message-ID: <1991May4.140204.4537@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>
Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Deutschland
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Date: Sat, 4 May 91 14:02:04 GMT
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richard@iesd.auc.dk (Richard Flamsholt S0rensen) writes:


>>>>>> On 23 Apr 91 08:35:05 GMT, hartnegg@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Klaus Hartnegg) said:
>Klaus>I have 645k free conventional memory with Dos 3.3 and Qemm 5.11
>Klaus>with several devices and TSR's installed. No, it's not a typo, I
>Klaus>really have 645k free, it is definitively conventional memory
>                  ~~~~~~~~~
>Klaus>and I am really running Dos 3.3.

>  Programs like mapmem, chkdsk and free report the free memory in
>bytes and a lot of people forget that, say, 645000 bytes is really
>only 629Kb and not 645Kb.
>  I'm not implying that the amount you reported was wrong, only that
>it is very common to make that mistake (even by people who knows 1Kb =
>1024 bytes - they just seem to forget that in this context). So, be
>aware when reporting memory sizes.

Yes, many people mix this up but I indeed have 645k out of a
total of 704k free. (704k are about 720000 bytes).
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