Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Apr 30 2025 12:57 am

On 28 Apr 2025 at 02:59p, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
 
 pF>   Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
 pF>   By: Roon to Nightfox on Mon Apr 28 2025 08:43 pm
 pF> 
 pF>  N>> Also I've never heard the term "Winchester" for a storage device..?
 pF> 
 pF>  > i'm still using winchester, when referring to a HDD in a hungarian
 pF>  > conversation :)
 pF> 
 pF> Winchester drives are drives with sealed platters/heads. Made for a
 pF> quantum reduction in size. Imagine if in the present day we had to
 pF> create old-tech gigabyte drives with removeable disk packs, a gig the
 pF> size of a washing machine?

No lie, that kind of awesome.  You could spin dry your clothes as the disk spins.

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