Re: Apple2 archive drive for grind.isca.uiowa.edu

[sknkwrks@leadbelly.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)]

In article <27h98m$dne@apple.com> unknown@apple.com (Matt Ackeret) writes:
>In article <27gdnc$hh4@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, Grover Thomas <grover@emunix.emich.edu> wrote:
>>     This might be a silly question, but will there be CDs made available
>>of this archive once it's up and going?
>>I know some other sites make such discs available...
>
> So does anyone actually know the initial cost of mastering CDROMs?

Depends on the means by which the CDs are made.  I have a postcard at
home that came in a packet with some COMDEX stuff that has prices for
what would appear to be conventional CD-ROM mastering methods.  As I
recall, they weren't exactly cheap...not only were there costs for
materials and production, but there were also costs associated with
data transfer (ridiculously expensive if you hand them a stack of
floppies, a bit more reasonable if you give them SyQuest/Bernoulli
cartridges, tapes, or hard drives).

OTOH, if you can find someone with access to a CD recorder, blank
media costs are supposed to be $40 or so.  I think equipment costs are
in the $4-5K range.

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