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From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: CD-ROM; HyperCard; request for info
Message-ID: <14447@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 22 Jul 88 00:07:27 GMT
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Reply-To: dan@apple.apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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Very briefly, HyperCard 1.2 was a release specifically to support the
Apple CD-SC player.  Pressing an HFS CD-ROM is easy and costs the same
as pressing any other CD-ROM: about $1500 for mastering and
approximately $2-3 per disk.  Some companies are even throwing in 100
disks as part of a $1500 promo.

Think of the Apple CD-SC as a large (550 MB) locked hard disk.  Other
than that limitation, there is nothing special to use it as such.  No
special drivers need to be written, but you must use at least version
1.2 of HyperCard.

Much more information about designing stacks and using a CD-ROM drive
can be found in Apple's publication "Stackware Design Guidelines" which
is available from APDA.  It will also be available at MacWorld in Boston
in the middle of August at the show.

HyperCard seems to perform the best with stacks in the under 10000 card
area, although we hope to continue to improve its performance and
reliability with stacks of millions of cards potentially.  I understand
that we just created a stack of 600,000 cards for testing!!  In any
case, choosing a stack size is very dependant upon what kind of
information, what kind of linking is needed between stacks, etc.

Yes, the age of CD-ROM is here, and for $1500 you can get your own disks
pressed.  The project should be fun, easy, inexpensive, and will be very
useful.

Dan Allen
Software Explorer
Apple Computer