Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive
To   : Cougar428
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Apr 28 2025 01:07 pm

-=> Cougar428 wrote to boraxman <=-

 -=> Quoting Boraxman to Cougar428 <=-
 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.

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

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

 Co>  Full circle, why is it called a disk instead of a disc?  That really
 Co>  bugs me!  :^P

Any why are they called bugs, when they are errors?  That bugs me too!

 
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