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To: Flying Circus

was the code name Winchester any more significant than if it was say Remington or maybe Colt?


52 posted on 12/19/2016 3:25:17 PM PST by Thibodeaux (Exile Barack, Exile the Wookie, Exile Malia, Exile Shasha)
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To: Thibodeaux

“Winchester” just happened to fit the product by way of a popular reference - 30-30 = 30MB fixed storage plus 30MB removable storage. That was my CompSci professor’s explanation in 1980.


58 posted on 12/19/2016 3:49:24 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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