From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) Subject: Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects Date: 10 Oct 1992 01:59:45 GMT
In article <PREECE.92Oct7091353@predator.urbana.mcd.mot.com>, preece@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Scott E. Preece) writes:
|> In article <1992Oct7.040347.425@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
|>
|> | The mastering system is used to take data and lay it out in the correct
|> | file format; it has a "CD Emulator" (2 disks) and a DAT drive for writing
|> | the master, plus all hardware and software to deal with the creation of
|> | the master tape. This is not something you can do without unless you
|> | work somewhere that already bought one and they will miraculously let you
|> | use it, or you own the company (volunteers, anyone?).
|> ---
|> Perhaps I'm missing something not quoted in the response, but...
|>
|> This analysis assumes the full cost of the mastering system is allocated
|> to a single CD. Why would you do that? You could subcontract the
|> mastering to someone who has a mastering system, if you were only
|> producing a single disk; if you were producing a series of disks the
|> cost would get spread over the series, radically lowering the unit cost.
Apparently you wouldn't. Please refer to the previous reply to this
question in article <1992Oct8.010626.16411@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
terry_lambert@novell.com