PDP CDROMS

From: Christian Fandt <cfandt_at_netsync.net>
Date: Wed Jul 28 21:07:39 1999

Upon the date 06:08 PM 7/28/99 -0400, CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com said
something like:
>>> Count me in as a confirmed purchaser of the SigTape CDRs..
>
>>This brings up a good point. Tim, are you talking CD-ROMs or CD-Rs? I for
>>one would prefer a CD-ROM, as thier life span is considerably longer.
>>However, CD-R might be more practical considering the low demand for
>>something such as this (at least I think the demand would be low, well
>>obviously not in this mailing list though).
>
>I would *like* to know there's enough demand out there to get some
>real CD-ROM's pressed. It looks like this becomes feasible with a
>quantity of 500 of each. If someone knows of low-volume CD pressers
>that would be suitable for this project, I'd appreciate getting
>clued-in.

Hmmm, 500? . . . not with this group. There's maybe 30 to 50 of us
subscribers who do DEC and would buy them (I'm wildly guessing at the #
based on how many seem to get involved w/PDP-11 discussions here plus some
lurkers tossed-in.). There are other folks who may be interested but not on
the list because they either choose not join or just don't know of it.

Would you think it would be worthwhile to see how the non-listmembers
reading the PDP-related newsgroups would react to the availability of the
CD's you propose? This could give you a better feel if the 500-mark could
be reached. I like the idea of longevity :)

>
>Barring that, gold CD-R's look to be the next best option.
>

Regards, Chris
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