29 Jul
1999
29 Jul
'99
11:07 a.m.
---- Original Message -----
From: <CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: PDP CDROMS
And these are pretty much the costs today (they'll
be a bit less if
I have real plain-jane artwork and no insert.) The real question is
whether I can sell them in the required volume.
I would at least prefer CDR. You don't have to put 500 CDs somewhere, and
what i never heard here, is that at least this archive is changing, because
form time to time, someone finds an old tape, and the archive is expanded...
>It's that kind of thinking that leads to stock
rooms full of
>CDs you can't sell fast enough, like the one I had in the basement
>until I unloaded them at a price that barely covered the cost
>of my investment.
What I'm thinking. Do it on CDR, if you have orders & time, you write them.
And even good CDR's you can get around the corner ...
in the dumpster with a flashlight trying to rescue
what DECUS and other
freeware that I could.)
;-))
>For heaven's sake, CD-Rs make much more sense.
If your CD-R fails,
>get another copy from Tim or someone else.
!
Seeing as how the collection is going to occupy at
least 2 CD-ROM's,
and probably more (especially if I want to satisfy folks who want ODS-1
format
CD-ROM RSX Sig tape collections, which is
*inifinitely* convenient for
folks with a CD-ROM drive on their PDP-11 RSX box - I can't tell you how
neat
it is to be able to put a collection of hundreds of
9-tracks, spanning
three different decades, onto a CD-ROM and have them all completely
accessible on the -11 instantly!), I'm looking at $2000-$3000 just to
get the glass masters made for pressing "a set".
Once again, CDR ...
cheers,
emanuel