30 May
2003
30 May
'03
4:43 p.m.
Assuming fully used cards (80 columns with 1 char/column) and 2000 cards per box where each box is 18"x8"x3.5". You would need (1024*1024*1024)/(80*2000)=6,710.8864 boxes. Given the volume of a box as 504 cubic inches, that would be 3,382,286.7456 cubic inches in total. 1,957.34187 cubic feet. Assuming 8 foot walls, this would be enough to almost fill a 16 foot by 16 foot room floor to ceiling.
Unless my calculations are off, of course (which is possible since I'm a systems guy!) :->
Peter
According to Glen Ditchfield:
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