Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
To   : StormTrooper
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sun Apr 27 2025 09:11 am

-=> StormTrooper wrote to Nightfox <=-

 Ni> Doesn't "disk" refer to the actual round platter(s) inside it?  I always
 Ni> thought it was called a "drive" because it's a device that drives the
 Ni> motion of the disks, similar to how a screwdriver is used to "drive" the
 Ni> screw into the wood by turning it.

Side note: Seagate Technologies used to be located in Scotts Valley, not
far from where I live on the California coast. Back then, Borland,
Plantronics and SCO were all nearby, heady days indeed.

Seagate's moved their headquarters long ago, but the buildings are still
there. The address? 1 Disk Drive, Scotts Valley, CA.



 
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