Re: "winchester drives"

[Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com>]

I had heard another story - that the drive was created in Winchester NY,
and that that was where the name came from.

Roy

Jason Whorton wrote:

> B I N G O ! ! !
>
> Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!
>
> Good answer,
> Jason Whorton
>
> "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote in message
> news:IOt47.15702$JN6.3375443@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com...
> > Found this definition on the web.
> >
> > "The term Winchester comes from an early type of disk drive developed
> > by IBM that stored 30MB (megabytes) and had a 30-millisecond
> > access time; so its inventors called it a Winchester in honor of its
> > 30/30 rifle."
> >
> > --
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> > William R. Strutts - wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com - Whatever!
> >
> > C'est moi!  http://www.facelink.com/wrstrutts
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> > Just hacking away...
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> > "doug holverson" <dholvrsn@netins.net> wrote in message
> > B77526B5.6DB5C%dholvrsn@netins.net">news:B77526B5.6DB5C%dholvrsn@netins.net...
> > > Anybody remember back to the days when hard drives were called
> Winchester
> > > drives?
> > >
> > > DGH
> > >
> >
> >