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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? 
in that i case i did mean combinations..
ok, i was a little vague when i posted this
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...but suppose you use a 16 bit number for the systems instead of an 8 bit number...
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.
/ offtopic
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Posted by geoschmo:
If we assume that Lenny's first number
Lenny ??
[This message has been edited by LemmyM (edited 08 May 2001).]
[This message has been edited by LemmyM (edited 08 May 2001).]