Re: "winchester drives"

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

Apparently the first hard disk had the name 30-30 (I think to do with the meg
capacity, tracks or sectors). As the Winchester rifle round was a 30-30 calibre
it was named Winchester.

On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 02:27:40 -0500, Jason Whorton wrote:

> OK, you got the IBM part right, but why did they use the term "Winchester"?
> :-)
>
> Thank you,
> Jason Whorton
>
> "Roy Miller" <millers@inebraska.com> wrote in message
> 3B4FCEAE.957BE2A0@inebraska.com">news:3B4FCEAE.957BE2A0@inebraska.com...
>> doug holverson wrote:
>>
>> > Anybody remember back to the days when hard drives were called
> Winchester
>> > drives?
>> >
>> > DGH
>>
>> I'm afraid I'm that old.
>> BTW - that was IBM's name for them, before they used the stuffy "fixed
> disk"
>> term.
>>
>> Roy
>>
>>

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