[net.followup] No wonder my mother is confused about what I do

nazgul@apollo.UUCP (Kee Hinckley) (11/08/83)

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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
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