This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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A dealer friend of mine told me that the American-made caddies use a plastic that's just a little more brittle, and that he's gotten complaints from people who switch CD's a lot, but that people who just put a CD in the caddy and leave it there "permanently" don't seem…
Well, frankly, the only reason I haven't sold or traded most of the CDs is that I'm honoring the bundling agreement. Bookshelf is good, and I use that a fair amount. The consensus on the Compton's Encyclopedia is that it's better for kids than Grolier's, but not as good for…
Richard, I'm not especially fond of the cost, but I really like the convenience of caddies. All other things being equal, I'd certainly buy a caddy-type drive again, especially since competition has cut the caddy price a lot. Ran
Gary, The LL used to be a great deal, but the increased competition (at least in the US) has made its bundle something of a yawn. The price you're being offered is a good deal if you plan to stick mostly to text and "still picture" applications, but the LL…
Stephen, Seems to me that, rather than someone in the CD-ROM business, your best choice of partners is someone selling equipment to your potential customers. Especially someone selling equipment that's usually PC-interfaced. In your situation, I'd probably try for two non-exclusive distributorships (not partnerships): one with a lab equipment maker,…
Steve, Which version of the Encyclopedia is that? I might be interested in that, or in the Timeline, if the deal were right (either cash or trade). I have the 8th Edition of PC-SIG and version 1.1a of the Microsoft Programmer's Lib that I'd be willing to swap. Ran
If that's from McGraw-Hill, yes, it's on CD-ROM. Costs about $500, I think. I'm pretty sure I saw it listed in one of the catalogs I downloaded from the "Marketplace" library, but I haven't a clue which one. Ran
Are Chestnut CDs Flakey?
Message #50731
Several of our members on ISSUES and POLITICS have expressed an interest in having copies of documents like the Constitution, Articles of Confederation, etc. in our libraries. So, I bought a copy of Chestnut's "The Complete Bookshop" to get some that could be uploaded without copyright infringement or the hassle…
Single- or double-sided? And would like an order of drives with them? Ran
Craig, There's an ad that's been running on the CompuServe Classifieds for a while for "books on floppy". I got the list, and it appears to be a mixed bag of original works and PD stuff. I seem to have inadvertently dumped it into my archives, but I'll want to…
Craig, I've heard lots of complaints from people over the last couple of years about various programs choking when loaded into the lowest 64K of RAM. I'd suggest trying to load something that'll waste 30K or so of RAM, so that the MagRack program loads above 64K. Almost any TSR…
Stat Abstract on CD-ROM?
Message #37081
Mark, Since you knew about the census data on CD, I thought you might know whether the "Statistical Abstract of the United States" is out: I saw a note on the order info page of the paper copy at the library that said it was going to be released sometime…
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New and Used CDs CHEEP!
Message #36467
Pete, The "Winning Elections" disk sounds like something I might want, but I'm not sure. Would you see what those "7 different political references" are, and post the names, please? If they include things like "The United States Government Manual", or the "Almanac of American Politics", the year is important,…
#Are these guys legit?
Message #28358
Has anyone had any dealings with either "Trade Shows" in Marion, IN or "ERM Electronic Liquidators" in Melrose, MA? I came across their ads in Nuts & Volts, and their prices look pretty good. But I'm reluctant to hand over my credit card number to people I've never heard of…
Owen, I have one American and two Japanese caddies, and can't see any big difference between them. Neither have I had any problems with any of them, so far. Why do you recommend against Opticord? Ran
#Encyclopedias
Message #18520
Frank, One of my clients has a "science and engineering encyclopedia" of some sort from McGraw-Hill. I've seen it in a price list for about $400 or $500, and I think it's a 2-volume set. I wasn't very impressed with it, but I only played with it for a couple…
Ross, I think the 7205 may be a 535 in an external case. Or maybe not: I dumped SONY_CDU.SYS, and discovered the drive name is stored in the driver, so it might also be a new unit that's software-compatible with the 535. Ran
I was just talking about general principles, Keith: how it could theoretically be done. There've been rumors circulating around here about possible upgrades, but no definite information about how they might do it. It's not hard to do: even changing the existing driver software _might_ be enough, since it appears…
They only have voice numbers in the manuals, Dave, but I just noticed that the address on the warranty card is right here in San Jose. I'll see if I can get a local number and ask about faxing them. Ran
I think we need to ask Lupes about this, Nelson: talking in general terms about nationally-available products is one thing, but getting into specifics of dealer and price may run afoul of CompuServe's advertising restrictions. Other than not wanting to do a lot of editing (which I assume we could…
Henry, Neil is a CompuServe member, and has shown up here from time to time. His ID is 71161,3114. I'd suggest sending email: I haven't seen him here lately. (Now I don't feel so bad about having put off cleaning out my CDROM.MSG file…) Ran
#Who Bundles What?
Message #16982
A lot of people have been asking lately about the various bundles available. I know I was asking, too, when I was shopping. Since it's so important to those who are shopping, but so tedious to those of us who've already bought, I think it makes sense to put a…
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CD ROM sugg ?
Message #16981
Fernando, If you want to spend $400-600, you should look at the Sony Laser Library, the SunMoonStar bundle, and DAK. Those seem like the best deals based on the reading I did. I bought the Laser Lib because of the particular mix of disks it had, but a lot of…
#16915-
#laser library info?
Message #16980
David, The LL is a Sony 535 drive (about average performance: 340ms access time) in an external case with its own power supply. The specs section in the manual says "120V, 50/60Hz, .2A", so, even if you get one that doesn't have a 240V supply, it should be happy with…
Tony, If you're willing to pay for expertise, I'd suggest asking on CONSULT: I know there are some good consultants from the Bay Area who hang out there (like me, from time to time, but this is a little outside my specialty). Leave a message in Section 14 ("Looking For…").…
David, The "Maya Computers" catalog I just got has the same bundle (more or less: it's the Mac version) with a NEC CDR-73 for about the same price Tom mentioned. They also have a CDR-36 bundle for a little less than what you paid (Of course, the Mac "interface" consists…
Loyd, Computer Shopper has ads from a number of places, but most of the ones in the issue I picked up a couple of months ago seemed more intent on selling drives than disks. Someone mentioned Computer Direct here the other day, and, wonder of wonders, an unsolicited catalog showed…
Ackshewally, one could all sorts of interesting things with stuff from the resource forks, if one had the time and/or money. Aside from the CODE resources, most could be used on a properly-designed PC platform that emulated some key parts of the Mac software. The fact that the GUI resources…
Matt, You mean after all this time no one has gotten around to doing that? Or just that it's not built into MSCDEX? Perhaps the market's not big enough to make it profitable, but it doesn't strike me as a difficult enough task to have precluded it. Ran There is…
Actually, it's not neccessarily so weird a notion as you might think, John. It really depends more on the sort of data in the Mac files than anything else. A GIF is a GIF, regardless of system, for example: I have a few that I shipped via serial cable to…
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Election Next Year
Message #196982
How _much_ of "a better chance at winding up dead", Mark? What's the difference in survival rates? If things are so much worse there, why is it that 99% of the people waiting for heart surgery in Vancouver a year or so ago turned down the chance to have it…