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Well, it's a bit of needed history. I was wondering how far back both
spelling go. You've probably seen some of the other posts about this.
There appears to be a consensus.
Robert Bononno /// Techline
bononno -at- acf2 -dot- nyu -dot- edu
CIS 73670,1570
On Fri, 22 Apr 1994, David Tietyen wrote:
> Mark
> s comment about the floppy disk affecting the
> usage of disk vs. disc triggered some old memories. In
> the Dark Ages (early 1970s) I worked with a company
> that manufactured 9-track tape drives and the
> revolutionary 14-inch disk drive. At that time, the
> SMEs at the company explained that disc referred to
> phonograph records, whereas disk referred to the
> magnetic medium for data storage. However, there was
> little agreement as some manufacturers and some trade
> publications used disc. However, when floppies came on
> the scene later in that decade, usage became
> standardized to disk. As Mark pointed out, a discette
> looks strange.
> With the newer technologies, such as CD-ROM and laser,
> it seems that our usage retains disk for magnetic
> storage media and disc for other types of storage
> devices.
> Don
> t know if this clarifies anything, but it sure was
> fun traveling down memory lane.
> David Tietyen
> Milwaukee School of Engineering
> Tietyen -at- picard -dot- msoe -dot- edu
