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From: swilson%thetone@Sun.COM (Scott Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Frivolous standardization
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Date: 26 Oct 88 03:56:55 GMT
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In article <41210@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> wald-david@CS.YALE.EDU (david wald) writes:
>We seem to have a naming problem.  Specifically, what is going to be the
>casual name for the NeXT machine's optical media?
>
>Thus far we have:
>    1) magneto-optical drive ...
>    2) optifloppy ...
>    3) floptical drive ...

Since the drive seems (at least to the uninitiated) to derive aspects
from both magnetic and optical technology I suggest we call it the
"Hybrid Of Magnetics and Optics" or HOMO for short.  Wouldn't you just
love to walk into the campus bookstore and say "I'll take the NeXT
cube and a spare homo drive to go please."  Ah, fun for all ages.
(Liberally apply :-) to all the above, I don't need the grief.)


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