Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
To   : Mortar M.
From : boraxman
Date : Sat Apr 26 2025 01:33 am

On 24 Apr 2025 at 08:41p, Mortar M. pondered and said...
 
 MM>   Re: Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
 MM>   By: boraxman to Nightfox on Fri Apr 25 2025 13:35:04
 MM> 
 MM>  > Also, what is up with people calling them "Hard Drives", when they shou
 MM>  > "Hard Disks", or better yet, "Winchesters".
 MM> 
 MM> Right, that wouldn't be confusing at all.  "Hey, hand me that
 MM> winchester...Not the gun, idiot, the hard drive!"

I recall seeing some advertisements or articles in old magazines, where they were called Winchesters, or something to that effect.  Or a Winchester type drive.

Yes, I associate Winchesters with guns. I wonder if there is a Beretta 10M hard drive, and a Smith and Wesson 42M drive.

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