| From: | Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: What's a megapulse? |
| Date: | Wed, 27 May 1998 07:21:23 -0500 |
>Ereskanti said on 23:17/26 May 98...
>> Just FYI, ther -IS- a way to figure out a MP in SR measurements.
Using the
>> "Universal Brotherhood" sourcebook, which has an exacting MP value,
you
>> could do a translation into "MP Measurements" from "Current
Memory"
>> format(s).
>You can also do it like this: we know a CD-ROM holds 640 MB. SR CDs hold
>500 Mp (says Shadowbeat), so 1 Mp = 1.28 MB. This would assume no
>breakthroughs in storage capacity, which is unlikely seeing DVDs hold a
>lot more; I don't have the storage capacity of a DVD handy, though, so I
>can't calculate how much an Mp would be when based on that. A lot less,
>that's for certain.
IIRC, DVDs hold 16 times what a normal CD holds so 1 Mp = 20.48 MB
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