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From: paulh@tektronix.UUCP (Paul Hoefling)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: No wonder my mother is confused about what I do
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Date: Thu, 10-Nov-83 01:50:08 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 10 01:50:08 1983
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>  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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