On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 22:39:45 -0400, Herb Chong wrote: > [Winchester] was the IBM code name for a faster and low > power consumption drive for mainframes.
On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:30:45 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: > Check here for information (unconfirmed) on the origin > of Winchester disks: > http://www.ericlindsay.com/computer/history.htm I've heard all of those and more. I've heard four or five different stories from as many people, who all claimed to have worked on the original project. I've consigned that one to the "we'll never really know" file. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
