Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!shelby!bu.edu!snorkelwacker!bionet!lhc!lhc!hunter From: hunter@work.nlm.nih.gov (Larry Hunter) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.bio-matrix Subject: Re: MEDLINE DATABASES Message-ID: Date: 4 Oct 90 23:13:12 GMT References: <9010031443.AA04004@genbank.bio.net> Sender: usenet@nlm.nih.gov (usenet news poster) Organization: National Library of Medicine Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: hunter@work.nlm.nih.gov's message of 3 Oct 90 10:51:58 Another small follow-up to the medline/CDROM pricing question. Several people have asked me where they can get CD-ROM players for $500. First, I said "on the order of $500," and was just trying to give a ballpark figure. Nevertheless, you all called me on it. A quick scan through the new issue of MacWorld, and I found several places selling the NEC CDR-35 for less than $500 (e.g. on p. 43, the price is quoted as $399). A higher end (?) QUICKOR CD-ROM drive was also advertised in the same issue (p. 359) for $695. I don't know anything about those particular drives (and am not endorsing any drive or vendor!), but I think $500 is a pretty reasonable approximate figure for the cost of a CD-ROM drive these days. Larry -- Lawrence Hunter, PhD. National Library of Medicine Bldg. 38A, MS-54 Bethesda. MD 20894 (301) 496-9300 (301) 496-0673 (fax) hunter@nlm.nih.gov (internet) hunter%nlm.nih.gov@nihcu (bitnet/earn)