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Old 02-09-2008, 07:51 PM   #19
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clearly shows it is the build cost for quantity 1 million and up. This does not include any software. Still it is ambitious. Following the links shows an interesting reading software that is basically a dos executable. Probably not too many best sellers would be in that format .

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I'm sure it was ahead of its time, but I find the format laughable, now. How much longer will most people be able to run a DOS executable? I can't and I'm running XP. (The file I need is broken.)
I can, and I'm running XP, too.

But it assumes an Intel X86 CPU, and I couldn't find anything that talked about how you got content into Illumination format.

And Great Ghu, what fugly and poorly designed web pages...
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