19 Jul
2001
19 Jul
'01
12:08 p.m.
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
On July 19, Chuck McManis wrote:
Does anyone know the actual reason that IBM picked the term "winchester" ?
There are two reasons...First, it was developed in Winchester,
England, and stored 30MB on each of two platter surfaces. Second, the
model number, 3030, made people think of the Winchester model 3030
rifle.
Rather minor correction - the Winchester rifle used 3030 caliber
ammunition, but there were a number of models, the most famous being
either the '94 or '96 (I'm having brain fade!).
- don
AFAIK winchester is just old nomenclature for fixed
disks. What do you
mean by
winchesters?
The term "winchester" (taken from the IBM 3030 disk drive) implies a
sealed HDA which cannot (or should not) be opened in an "ordinary"
environment.
-Dave McGuire