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.
