19 Oct
1999
19 Oct
'99
10:01 p.m.
Calling a DS 40 cylinder drive (like the ones in the
original PC) an '80
track drive' _is_ actually correct.
Reminiscent of motoring in Germany. There the signs - and even the inhabitants
- talk about speeds in km. NOT km/h, which is what they mean. Very
confusing...
Philip.
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surely would not disagree that some people
[incorrectly] refer to the
100-4 and 1.2M drives as an "80 track" drive. And you certainly won't
However, I also agree with this. Common usage would call the PC 360K
drive a '40 track drive'. And I will also admit that I tend to make this
error myself :-(
I will agree that the original statement is confusing, sure. And it's not
common usage. But it is still correct.