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Re: A89: Me distributing roms.


I think you mean the "extra lil 24 bytes". :-)  But also notice that 1 terabyte
is almost 1.1 (not 1.0) trillion bytes.. just because those little 24 bytes add
up after a while.

Bryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Serial" <Serial@earthlink.net>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: A89: Me distributing roms.


>
> um. =] That would put me almost exact. I said a 1mbit cable is
> ~100kilobytes/s download. How do you say my conversion are off when they are
> dead accurate. Keeping in mind I said RoUGH cause I am sick and taking that
> extra lil 24 bits into account is pointless to say the least.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Daniel Wood <thedew@usit.net>
> To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 11:41 PM
> Subject: Re: A89: Me distributing roms.
>
>
> >
> > woah dude you're way off on your conversions.
> > 1 byte(word) = 8 bits
> > so a 800kilobit internet connection means 100kilobytes/sec RATED* speed.
> >
> > A T1 is 1.45MegaBits(or was it 1.54?) which is equal to ~1485KiloBits a
> > second which is ~186KiloBytes/sec a second(more commonly called K/sec).
> >
> > *RATED: My 64k isdn is RATED @ 8K/sec(64/8=8), that doesn't mean I cant
> > sustain download @ 11K/sec for hours(I do that all the time). I can
> achieve
> > 11K/sec because of compression.
> >
> > (BTW: If I have something wrong here please correct me.)
> >
> > -Dan
> > thedew@usit.net
> > http://www.msneptune.net
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Serial" <Serial@earthlink.net>
> > To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 8:09 PM
> > Subject: RE: A89: Me distributing roms.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I believe his math is wrong. The OC256 that at&t is laying across the
> > > atlantic to connect the 2 continents is a 2 gbit line which would
> roughly
> > be
> > > ~200meg/s
> > > the quick conversion for (g)(m)(k)bits/s is to just add 2 zero's and
> > reduce
> > > to a lower letter if nessessary.
> > > for example. a 56kbit modem like an x2 is really 5.6 kilobytes max
> > > downstream
> > > and a 384k/s downstream dsl would be ~38.4 kilobytes /s
> > > a 1mbit cable line would be 100kilobytes per second. etc.
> > > I may not know how to do anything but hello world in asm but networking
> I
> > do
> > > know =]
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
> > > [mailto:owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Bryan Rabeler
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 3:17 PM
> > > To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
> > > Subject: Re: A89: Me distributing roms.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > How did you calculate that?
> > >
> > > Bryan
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mark Scott" <mscott@rocket.mscott.dbcity.com>
> > > To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:46 PM
> > > Subject: RE: A89: Me distributing roms.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Around 8.5gbps if my math is correct.  Equivalent to 192 T3 lines.
> > > >
> > > > Mark E. Scott Jr.
> > > > mscott@databasecity.com
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Bryan Rabeler [mailto:rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:34 PM
> > > > To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
> > > > Subject: Re: A89: Me distributing roms.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > How fast is an OC192 again?
> > > >
> > > > Bryan
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Mark Scott" <mscott@rocket.mscott.dbcity.com>
> > > > To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:06 PM
> > > > Subject: RE: A89: Me distributing roms.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Send me the roms in an email and I'll throw em on a server that's on
> > > > an
> > > > > OC192.
> > > > >
> > > > > Mark E. Scott Jr.
> > > > > mscott@databasecity.com
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Olle Hedman [mailto:oh@hem.passagen.se]
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:02 PM
> > > > > To: asm89
> > > > > Subject: A89: Me distributing roms.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > This week might be the last one I distribute old ti-roms.
> > > > > Someone has reported me to abuse@liu.se (my university), and to TI.
> > > > > Same someone did not contact me.
> > > > > I recieved the call from "abuse" today. He was very nice and
> > > > > understanding and I
> > > > > think he thought it was quite silly, but that he just had to talk
> with
> > > > > me
> > > > > because of this letter.
> > > > > I got a week to either remove them, or come up with a valid reason
> for
> > > > > me to
> > > > > continue having them.
> > > > > I have yet not gotten any response from TI, but they have visited my
> > > > > site.
> > > > > I'm eagerly awaiting their letter :)
> > > > >
> > > > > file://Olle
> > > > >
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