Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
To   : Nigel Reed
From : StormTrooper
Date : Thu Apr 24 2025 11:10 pm

 NR> only play from it. That said, not sure where the term "drive" comes
 NR> from because hard drives don't really go any where. Then again, where
 NR> are 3 1/2" disks called floppies because they're not floppy at all. So

I suspect... that hard drive is a throw back to them good old days when your HD was the size of a fridge and you had to install the platters in it.  In a real sense you inserted platters into the drive mechanism. Probably hung on after the platters became integrated and the devices much smaller..

ST

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