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Xref: sserve gnu.misc.discuss:6458 comp.os.linux:12264 comp.unix.bsd:6363 Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) Subject: Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects Message-ID: <1992Oct10.015945.4236@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Sender: news@fcom.cc.utah.edu Organization: University of Utah Computer Center References: <id.GAUT.XH6@ferranti.com> <1992Oct6.193229.18258@meaddata.com> <PREECE.92Oct7091353@predator.urbana.mcd.mot.com> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 01:59:45 GMT Lines: 32 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 --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I have an 8 user poetic license" - me Get the 386bsd FAQ from agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/unofficial -------------------------------------------------------------------------------