Re: Very curious

[<sysop@Lost-Gonzo.com>]

KI><sysop@Lost-Gonzo.com> wrote:


KI>***KI>Death? What happened, man? Your idea about making an Apple CD
KI>had a 52
KI>***KI>letter reply trail. That's pretty imressive. I won't make a CD
KI>but i
KI>***KI>will give the software to anyone who wants it. I've acquired a
KI>great
KI>***KI>bit in hte last few days.


KI>***KI>The Apple Collective

KI>***you can just buy your own cd rom maker now for a pc for 500 bucks
KI>or
KI>***so...and if it is your own software you want to back up ...it is no
KI>ones
KI>***business....you'd have to port the files over to the ibm machine
KI>***first..but that is just an extra step...

KI>***this is gonna be a moot issue in a few months when the price drops
KI>to a
KI>***200 bucks for a 850 meg cdr drive

KI>***brad



KI>Actually, Brad, i'm a few steps ahead of you. I've got an 8200 Exabtye
KI>drive for my IBM compat that stores over 2.5 gig per tape and about 50
KI>blank tapes (G). It costs $11 a blank CD and i know a guy local here
KI>who might press me one.

KI>The question is: What would people be willing to pay for the CD?


KI>Kilroy
KI>(The Apple Collective)

well..that is when you get into the legal trouble stuff...when you sell
it....or at least that is when enforcemtent types take notice..but as
far as backup of my old apple //e bbs files, apple software, etc i have
on floppies...when the drives get cheap enough i plan on putting all
that stuff on archieve cd ...floppies don't last forever...neither do
cd's but i've some floppies that are 20yrs old..so time to put them on
a spare/diff media...(this is irregardless of the copyright
guestion...some of this stuff is gonna have to be copied to something
newer...even if it is just for your own use...)

anyway....i could then mount all this stuff as a sysop only area for my
own use on my bbs ...so i could file/export the stuff for my use as
needed w/o having to dig up the floppy ...just d/l it and unshk it as
needed on my gs door...

whatever...my 2 cents worth....
brad