25th March 2006, 1:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 25th March 2006, 1:18 PM by A Black Falcon.)
ZIP drives are removable media... hard drives aren't removable. (well, there are USB harddrives, but still, I see a significant difference between disk-based and internal media...)
The 64DD is indeed like a ZIP disk (or normal 3 1/2/ 5 1/4" floppies, but 'harder')... but ZIP disks are in no way hard drives. I've never heard them described as such, and it's a pretty ridiculous description for disk-based media... same for the 64DD...
Of course, any removable media could be called a hdd if it can be used like one, and when a disk is in a disk drive it does act like a normal drive, but the distinction is that it is removable, and in a disk-based format, and the 64DD most certainly meets those distinctions.
Oh yes...
*picks up zip disk, holds open end, looks at the inside* Bendable disk inside, just like a 3.5" floppy.
Maybe HDD platters look like that too, I have no idea... but it makes absolutely no sense to call a disk a hard drive.
The 64DD is indeed like a ZIP disk (or normal 3 1/2/ 5 1/4" floppies, but 'harder')... but ZIP disks are in no way hard drives. I've never heard them described as such, and it's a pretty ridiculous description for disk-based media... same for the 64DD...
Of course, any removable media could be called a hdd if it can be used like one, and when a disk is in a disk drive it does act like a normal drive, but the distinction is that it is removable, and in a disk-based format, and the 64DD most certainly meets those distinctions.
Oh yes...
*picks up zip disk, holds open end, looks at the inside* Bendable disk inside, just like a 3.5" floppy.
Maybe HDD platters look like that too, I have no idea... but it makes absolutely no sense to call a disk a hard drive.
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