Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
To   : Nightfox
From : StormTrooper
Date : Sat Apr 26 2025 08:11 pm

 bo> Also, what is up with people calling them "Hard Drives", when they sh
 bo> be "Hard Disks", or better yet, "Winchesters".

Winchester didn't seem to hang around long, before it became winchester style implying it was self contained, and it was to much of a mouthful compared to HD which it still has but you can no longer change the media.

 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.

My feeling on this.. the disc portion still refers to the platters/media as opposed to the mechanism to make it spin, being the drive.

 Ni> Also I've never heard the term "Winchester" for a storage device..?

I believe it dates from the 70s although I don't know the actual origin, other than it was the "first" self enclosed fixed disc device.  It was essentially defunct by the 80s though... 

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