"Software" is sometimes more than just a random collection of 1s and 0s (was Re: fair price for apple articles)

From: ben franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Thu Mar 6 11:34:00 2003

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

>>So... in the case of certain titles from certain vendors, don't discount
>>the value, historic _or_ otherwise, of the software in decent shape. Yes,
>>the "bits" are critical to running it; yes, many, many titles can be
>>found on abandonware sites; no, that's not always all that was in the box.
> Exactly my point. The maps that came with each Ultima are also an
> example.

Lets not forget many games had passwords or other useful information
in the manuals too. Ben.
Received on Thu Mar 06 2003 - 11:34:00 GMT

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