CD Roms

[Tom Droege <tdroege@veriomail.com>]

I just ordered 800 CDR.  This time I ordered them on spindles so that I 
will be able to catalog them better.  32 spindles of 25.  It appears that I 
have used up most of the 400 that I ordered only a few months ago.  This is 
a good sign.  Some of the data may even be worth keeping.  For those who 
care they were 18.5 cents each in this quantity.  Remember when I started 
using CDs they were several dollars.

There is no question that this is cheap enough for raw data storage.  Looks 
like I am using about 200 a year for raw data storage for TOM.  This is 
under $50 a year.  Some day video disks will be cheap, but for now, it 
looks like CDs are just right.  While it takes several for a nights run, 
this can even be convenient for finding parts of an night's run as I am 
about to have to do.

Tom Droege