Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive
To   : BORAXMAN
From : Cougar428
Date : Sat Apr 26 2025 08:17 am

-=> Quoting Boraxman to Nightfox <=-

 Bo> Also, what is up with people calling them "Hard Drives", when they
 Bo> should be "Hard Disks", or better yet, "Winchesters". 

I guess for me it goes back to when I was only able to use "Floppy
Disks" on my C64, I really, really wanted an LT Kernal "Hard Disk". I
had never heard of the Winchester, only the LT Kernal and had dreams of
buying one instead of waiting 30 days for my 1541 to load Jumpman.


.... It's a chain saw.  I always carry one for emergencies.

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