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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block"
Message-ID: <6097@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 21:34:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6097
Posted: Thu Jul  9 21:34:22 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 07:17:15 EDT
References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> <348@forbrk.UUCP> <1852@ihlpe.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) )
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <1852@ihlpe.ATT.COM> daryl@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Daryl Monge) writes:
>To this day I am not sure why we cannot use either bytes, Kbytes, Mbytes, etc.
>instead of blocks.

How big is a "byte"?  (No, it's not necessarily 8 bits!)
How about sizing things in terms of number of bits, which is a
universal measure.