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Re: "winchester drives"

Subject: Re: "winchester drives"
From: mister_boffo@hotmail.com (Mister Boffo)
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 08:27:07 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: CenturyTel.Net
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On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 02:27:40 -0500, "Jason Whorton" <jason at
microxl.com> wrote:

>OK, you got the IBM part right, but why did they use the
>term "Winchester"?

http://www.duxcw.com/digest/guides/hd/hd2.htm

"In 1973 IBM shipped the model 3340 Winchester sealed hard
disk drive, the predecessor of all current hard disk drives.
The 3340 had two spindles each with a capacity of 30 MBytes,
and the term "30/30 Winchester" was thus coined."

-Mr. Boffo

References:
- "winchester drives"
  - From: doug holverson <dholvrsn@netins.net>
- Re: "winchester drives"
  - From: Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com>
- Re: "winchester drives"
  - From: "Jason Whorton" <jason at microxl.com>

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