Re: Returned Message (was: Re: Two reasons for sending).

Sorry for the late reply, I've been on vacation and only just getting
around to checking up on the email accounts.....

The list is obscenely quiet the last few years... but if it's pulling no
resources to keep alive, and isn't a security risk, I'm all for keeping it
around. As has already been mentioned, interested parties come and go - to
me that means that interested websites come and go as well. The List is a
way to ensure that any/all of us old-timers in the Turbo scene can still
have a way to easily contact one another. Lord knows that the "usual
places" like Nintendo Age, Atari Age, Assembler Games, etc have virtually
no interest or activity in Turbo-related gaming or hardware. About the only
viable alternative that we have is PCEngineFX, and while I don't think
Aaron is going anywhere, who's to say that might not change in a few more
years?

So far as MB... I didn't purchase it initially due to lack of funds (I
wanted the version with the customized intro screen). Once that offer went
away, I just didn't go back to it. Probably should have.

And for the record, I'm still looking forward to Xymati when it arrives :)

-David

On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:14:08 -0400, bt garner <xxxxxx@mindrec.com> wrote:
>> As for a proper release of MB-DX - what about Implode?  All on one
>> disc? :)  How'd you manage that to happen?  I assume you'd have to have
>> a minimum run - how large?  Personally, if you could
>> break even by doing it in spare time that wouldn't be used for making
big
>> bucks, I'd love to see it (I think I own 3 copies of Meteor Blaster)
but
>> I'm
>> not sure what the market is ...
> 
> Here are the specs, I am having a small run of 300 copies, the CD
> content will have a few slight differences, but nothing major.
> Packaging will be slightly different as well (there will be a UPC on
> the back, and the inner tray will be clear, not white ($150 additional
> charge for white trays).
> 
> There is simply not enough room on the CD for full versions of Implode
> and MBdx.  This is primarily due to the audio tracks.  The Caravan
> version of Implode is on MBdx, and will remain there.
> 
> I will (most likely) be offering a MindRec Combo of MB + the original
> Implode CDs, but final pricing has not been decided yet (current
> thought right now is $20 for MB, $30 for the Combo).
> 
> Short history on PCE CDs.
> 
> 99% of all CD replication centers use a software package called
> Eclipse to master CDs for replication.  between the time Implode was
> made, and MB was ready to be made, Eclipse had altered their software
> so that the PCE format was no longer accepted as viable.  The software
> altered the layout to force it to yellowbook (If I recall), and that
> worked on MagicEngine, but not on PCE Hardware.  After months of
> trying, the CD-R solution was deemed as the best.
> 
> Timeline ... I am finishing up the digital assets (packaging and
> revised ISO) and hope to have that done by the end of the month. 3-4
> days to ship mastered material to Texas, then 20-25 days production
> and shipping back to me, so May 1 is looking like the approximate
> target date.
> 
> -bt
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