Am 23.03.2010 18:38, schrieb Tony Firshman:
Dilwyn Jones wrote: With the QL, I think the "win_" drive name came
from "winchester", which
was a manufacturers name for hard drives ( not the rifles maker ? ).
Ah, of course, I'd forgotten about that. I knew about the name in
connection with early hard disk drives, but never appreciated it in
connection with the QL WIN drives.
.... and I bet no-one knows where the first Winchester rifles were
made. At Windsor, Vermont very close (to almost bring back OT) to
where Bill Cable lives!
Tony
Hi,
I seem to recall that the term "Winchester" actually stems from the city
of Winchester, UK - IBM had their first HD factory there.
Long gone, however.....
Cheers
Tobias
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