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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: <14839@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 Jul 88 06:48:33 GMT
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Reply-To: dan@apple.apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <61659@sun.uucp> landman@sun.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) writes:
>Where can I find out what format the CD manufacturers want to see the data in?
>I presume it's 9-track tape of some sort, but what sort?

I am not sure of the exact format.  We use (if I recall correctly) a
device called the CD-ROM Publisher from Meridian Systems.  It has a
large 1.2 GB hard disk and a 9-track tape drive.  I have put VAX/UNIX
readable tapes on the drive with some success.

>it in less than a couple of days ... and about a week's notice.  How many cards
>would a HyperCard stack hold if an entire CD was used for one stack?

A card occupies a minimum of 50 bytes, plus the amount of text,
graphics, and scripts that are associated with it.  When stacks have
over 100,000 cards, however, HC does get slower and such a stack may
require more than 1 MB of RAM.  I would recommend that stacks be kept
smaller than 100,000 cards for many practical reasons.

Dan Allen
Software Explorer
Apple Computer