> On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 16:48 -0500, William Donzelli wrote:
> > > All these are pre "Winchester" (3030) technology
> > Winchester was the 3340.
> Yeah, but the engineering nickname for the first voice-coil drive was
> 30/30 because there were two platters, 30MB each. someone called it the
> Winchester, and the name stuck - however, the first IBM Winchester might
> have been the 3340.
... and the name may also have something to do with the device being
developed at IBM's Hursley laboratory which is just outside Winchester in
England.
Andy
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