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echo: 80xxx
to: SCOTT MCNAY
from: DARRYL GREGORASH
date: 1997-12-22 18:27:00
subject: A definition

Replying to a message of Scott McNay to Darryl Gregorash:
 DG>> (I wonder how many 360K floppies it would take to
 DG>> distribute OS/2 or WinNT?   :) 
 SM> Win 95B takes up something like 28 or more diskettes, all of
 SM> them in DMF format (well, I've only seen it on CD-ROM, but
 SM> the CAB files are in diskette-sized chunks).  1.7M x 28 /
 SM> 360K = ?
I'd hate to see NT or OS/2 on 360's then; how high can you count? :)
 SM> 30x5 = ...  well, that kinda math is too complex for me,
 SM> I'll let you figure it out.  ;)
In the 80XXX echo, you should be writing code to figure it out; if you want 
someone to do the math for you, you have to pop over to PHYSICS :)
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