Could someone explain:

[Lemmy]

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Originally posted by KiloOhm:

But we're not talking about combinations, we're talking about straight storage, right? Or did I miss the point entirely?

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in that i case i did mean combinations..
ok, i was a little vague when i posted this

quote:

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...but suppose you use a 16 bit number for the systems instead of an 8 bit number...

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what i meant was :
suppose you use a 16 bit number to define the number of systems instead of an 8 bit number...
you would then get 65536 systems max.


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quote:

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Posted by geoschmo:
If we assume that Lenny's first number

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Lenny ??

[This message has been edited by LemmyM (edited 08 May 2001).]

[This message has been edited by LemmyM (edited 08 May 2001).]