Re: TI-H: Re: TIcalc/TIPhiles
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Re: TI-H: Re: TIcalc/TIPhiles
Not every one has the luxury of a fast connection. Also, it's a pain to
click each file and tell to save into a folder, etc, etc, etc. I suppose
software will download the entire site, but there are morons like me who
don't know what's what and took months to figure out POP mail settings!
(=
Actualy, I prefer geting data off a CD than having to download it to an
HD or ZIP disk.
If the CD were for sale, updated once every couple months, I'd probably
buy them. I personaly wouldn't want a subscription type deal, as it
would get expensive, but all they'd need would be a CD-ROM writer and
they could fulfill requests as they come. If it is popular, they could
go into large production!
> > > It also would be interesting if ticalc would create a yearly or
> > > quarterly or maybe even a monthly CD-ROM containing every file and the
> > > entire page! It would DEFINITELY save on download and search time!!! It
> > > would be nice to not have to go online for every little update.
> >
> > This would probably be more expense than it's worth. To have 500 CDs
> > comercially produced will cost something like $2000. That divides to $4
> > each, but whoever made them would also need to take time to do cover art,
> > distribution costs, have a margin to cover unsold CDs, etc. Total cost per
> > disc would be $10 or more. I suppose there are people who would buy the
> > disc, but I would download the whole site on my x2 modem first. That way,
> > I don't have to wait for the disc to come, and it only takes all night to
> > transfer that much. BulletProof FTP. :)
> >
> > --
> > Greg Hill
> > greg-hill@bigfoot.com
> > www.comports.com/link
>
> And the fact that the archives are updated constantly, so in a few weeks your
> CD would be out of date. :)
--
Richard Piotter
richfile@prairie.lakes.com
The Richfiles TI Hardware and BASIC web page:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5081/Richfiles.html
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