nazgul@apollo.UUCP (Kee Hinckley) (11/08/83)
*** My guess is that he is talking about optical disks, which are of the "write-once-only" variety. -nazgul
paulh@tektronix.UUCP (Paul Hoefling) (11/10/83)
> LHJ: What's the difference between a hard disc and a floppy disc? > DR. GRIES: Hard discs are very expensive and can be used only once. Once > the information is stored, you can't change it, so hard discs are good only > for industrial uses such as operating instructions for machinery or huge > permanent files. Floppy discs are affordable, portable, and can be used > either for permanent files or over and over again. Since when can hard disks not be re-used ?? He must be talking about a different breed of hard disk than I've ever heard of... Happy computing... Paul Hoefling (...!teklabs!tektronix!paulh - usenet) (paulh at tektronix - csnet) (AB00PLH on Cyber)