AZ Nomad writes:

gotta love those weird measurements.

Allen Bradley, a maker of industrial computer control systems, was measuring
memory in 'feet' well into the 90's. The unit 'feet' was a reference to the
equivelent length of paper tape for program storage.

The science fiction book "The Difference Engine" imagines a world where
Babbage succeeded in building his mechanical Analytical Engine, starting
the computer revolution during the age of steam. In the story, the
power of computers is measured in "gear yardage" instead of megahertz or
RPM or megabytes.

It sort of makes sense for the time.

Dave