Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] File sizes?

each character of plain ASCII text (including spaces) is one byte
plus non printing control characters (CR/LF pair for each line)
figure about 4KB for a full printed page of plain ASCII text
(about 60 [+2] characters/line and 66 lines/page)
that works out to something like 350 pages per floppy

a normal G-code program may have anywhere
between 5 (X.2CR/LF) and 60 bytes/line (safety block + comments)
so it would take a HUGE program to fill a floppy but I wouldnt want
to try guessing the number of lines

Brian

On Saturday 26 January 2002 12:08, you wrote:
> This is a question I have now seen answered on the list. How big of a
> G-code program can you put on a 1.4 floppy.
> With line numbers, X, Y, Z, and F, approximately how many lines?
> Or rephrase it as desired.
>
> Thanks,
> bill