Re: CD ROM Ues on Apple IIgs [R(82)]

[sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)]

In article <bazyar.733912887@teal> bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
>  It's something I've thought about, although it costs a lot to get
>a CDROM mastered.  Probably a much better idea is to wait for Sony MiniDisc
>prices to drop - cheaper media, I can master them right here, and lots
>of other benefits.

How about recordable CDs?  The recorders currently cost about $8K and
blanks go for about $40 each.  They're probably cheaper than
small-quantity CD mastering (by conventional methods) and the CD-ROMs
produced this way can be used in any current CD-ROM drive (unlike
MiniDisc).

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