disk versus disc

[Tim]

 --- On Sun 07/24, Gene Ehrich < gehrich at tampabay.rr.com > wrote:
From: Gene Ehrich [mailto: gehrich at tampabay.rr.com]
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 09:08:56 -0400
Subject: Re: disk versus disc

At 08:04 AM 7/24/2005, you wrote:<br>>Curiosity for the day - is there any difference between the use of disk<br>>and disc when describing floppy drives, hard drives etc.?<br><br>my take<br><br>Disk = floppy or hard disk<br><br>Disc - some people use it to describe a CD. Imagine it started with a <br>spelling error<br><br><br><br>=================================<br>Gene Ehrich<br>gehrich at tampabay.rr.com<br><br>

I don't agree.  I remember seeing both spellings long ago, like back
in 1971 (long before CDs), and wondered then which was or is correct.
Seems like both are used quite readily.  I don't have a problem with
either spelling.
  Tim R

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