Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive
To   : Cougar428
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Apr 27 2025 07:04 pm

-=> Cougar428 wrote to boraxman <=-

 -=> 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".

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

Disk?  I started with the tape drive.  Got a disk drive because a
friend lent me one.  Try waiting 5 minutes for things to load from
tape.  I'd just sometimes switch the channel and watch TV, then switch
back, unless the load music and screen was really cool.

I've still got a working 1570 disk drive.  Really slow, but so
satisfying to use.
 
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