In my father's day, taking an automobile through the mountains during winter
was a "hard drive".
But seriously, there's also weird names. Disc vs Disk.
And if we go deeper, why are there so many letters that produce the same sound,
but then produce different sounds when comined with other letters?
Also, what's the point of silent letters?
No wonder passing aliens don't make first contact!!
Josh.
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No problem, it's a very common mistake. Today people still refer to the case
that encloses the motherboard, processor, Ram, hard drive,. power supply etc..
as a "hard drive"
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Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2020 9:31:25 PM
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Thanks guys.. he's updated the ad.
I used to call them hard disks because they had a cool hard shell, definitely
weren't floppy, and I was 12 years old and never heard of a Hard Drive. LOL
On Sat., Sep. 19, 2020, 9:00 p.m. Lennart Sorensen,
<lsorense@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:lsorense@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I noticed that too. I do remember some people mistakenly calling 3.5" disks
hard disks and 5.25" disks floppy disks.
Len Sorensen
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I'm pretty sure that's an external floppy drive.
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Subject: [torontocbm] Amiga 500
Hi everyone
My friend is selling his Amiga 500.. details on Kijiji...
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Aaron