Software collectors list

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net>
Date: Tue Apr 13 15:16:19 1999

>On 12 Apr 99 at 21:36, Mike Ford wrote:
>
>> I have been thinking about and looking for a list like this one, except
>> instead of hardware collecting, it would be about collecting software. I
>
>It's a while since anyone last posted the charter for this list, but
>I'm sure that it doesn't discourage discussion of >10year software. I
>though Classiccmp was about the entire "classic computing experience"
>not just the hardware nitty gritty anyway?

Its not that software discussion wouldn't be welcome here, its that many
collectors of software have no interest in the hardware side. I think
collecting software and associated manuals and books is a topic ready to
stand on its own, and be dug into with more depth than a general list might
be comfortable with. Also of course much of the collecting will be on
titles newer than 10 years. I have a lot of personal interest in software
around 5 years old that is needed to use computers of that era effectively
and at low cost.
Received on Tue Apr 13 1999 - 15:16:19 BST

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