Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive

[Sandra Warnken <warnken@mother.com>]

I have a Hyperstudio catalogue of GSAUGs disk library available for public
use. 

Sandy


On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Roy and/or Janet Miller wrote:

> atanasmarkov@my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> > i just think the apple ii community must start collecting apple ii
> > software, no matter how,
> 
> One project of the AppleLinc computer club is to archive all of the club
> library and, we hope, to have it available for download. Since these are
> PD, FW, & SW, we should be in conformity to the copyright law.
> 
> > just because in a few years there won't be any
> > copyrighted software for the Apple II, but there won't be any apple ii
> > software around, too.
> 
> I've got hundreds of Apple II programs in my lab, and I'm working on making
> backups so that bit rot won't deprive me of these programs. If everyone who
> has Apple II software does similar things we can save this huge library of
> software. And, if the above mentioned "catalog" is done, it could be the
> tool needed to get more software re-released, or released as freeware.
> Wouldn't it be helpful to communicate to Sierra about *all* their Apple II
> titles at one time, rather than pester them about one or two titles at a
> time?
> 
> > it's sad, but it's true. does any of you people
> > keep his old apple and use it?
> 
> Some of us "does".
> 
> > don't you all have pcs at home? this is
> > called progress and it can't be stopped. But hey I like Apple IIs. my
> > first computer was an apple ii and i still love it. so why shouldn't i
> > try to keep the memory about this computer. why should we let people
> > put their apple ii software in the trash,
> 
> "let"? How can we stop them?
> 
> > but not keep it or give it to
> > others? there were thousands and thousands of games and programs
> > written for the apple ii and we(the apple community) have just a very
> > little part of it.
> 
> I suspect that current Apple II users combined probably have nearly all the
> commercial software ever released. Of the estimated 20,000 Apple II
> programs, how many were PD/SW/FW from the very beginning, and how many of
> those are still around? I think, if we had data, we'd find that the real
> loss is there, and not in the formerly commercial software.
> 
> Roy
> 
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