From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ip15.shellworld.net ([64.49.204.174] helo=server2.shellworld.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I1wAc-0004e0-00 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:20:18 -0400 Received: from server2.shellworld.net (butchb@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server2.shellworld.net (8.13.1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id l5N3KIAE090051 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:20:18 GMT (envelope-from butchb@shellworld.net) Received: from localhost (butchb@localhost) by server2.shellworld.net (8.13.1/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id l5N3KIDV090048 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:20:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: server2.shellworld.net: butchb owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:20:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Butch Bussen To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: A computer issue, how should I deal with this? Best solution? In-Reply-To: <005001c7b541$99063110$ab00a8c0@tenstac> Message-ID: References: <000d01c7b4a3$d1e58f60$6501a8c0@YOUR3ADE1B78A3><001301c7b4d5$0a146150$ab00a8c0@tenstac><156c01c7b512$33eb83e0$b100a8c0@AveratecLaptop><20070622212847.GB23968@localhost.localdomain><20070622213222.GC23968@localhost.localdomain> <005001c7b541$99063110$ab00a8c0@tenstac> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:20:18 -0000 Been a long time since I thought about that. Wonder how apple soft got around that and would you go up to 64 thousand in line numbers in basic, but intiger basic wouldn't. Man I'm getting old I guess.. 73s Butch Bussen wa0vjr On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Doug Sutherland wrote: > Butch wrote: > The only thing xp is stupid about is it won't let you define or set up > partitions larger than 32767 gb. Now, that number reminds me of > intiger basic. > > 2 to the power of 16 = 32768 so that's a 16-bit address. > Same reason why integers max out at 32768 if 16-bit numbers. > > Remember the old 640kb limit in DOS? Apparently IBM said > nobody would ever use that much memory hehe. Now you can > buy terrabyte drives for cheap. > > -- Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >