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A computer without a filesystem that predated personal computers can be called a pre-PC device if you like ;-)

I was pretty sure this was going to be part of the answer, but I laughed out loud when I saw it anyway. Thanks for clarifying your ideas. :)

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It's only half a joke. The great PC revolution was that users became their own data processing departments. So pre-PC devices had users that were blind to the question of which Mag tape or removable hard drive platter held the data they needed for a report. PCs put us all to work as data processing minions, just as rotary dial telephones put us all to work as operators.

So if you turn your head sideways and squint, there are some similarities between pre-PC and post-PC devices.

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