Re: Apple II Software Sources

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On Feb 26, 10:38 am, nntha...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Feb 26, 7:01 am, apple2fr...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Feb 26, 7:05 pm, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Feb 26, 5:34 am, apple2fr...@gmail.com wrote:> If anyone has any pointers to online sources, they would be much
> > > > appreciated.
>
> > > Google isn't always our friend, it turns out.  But in this case, it
> > > is:http://www.google.com/search?q=apple+ii+software
>
> > Heh.
>
> > I've been through the first 100 or so links on Google some time back.
> > Little more than public domain software to be found there.
>
> > I was hoping to locate private bit torrent trackers, private ftp
> > sites, private boards with rapidshare links to hard-to-find Apple II
> > software, etc.
>
> > I've done an exhaustive search on tracker aggregators like isohunt,
> > fileshunt, etc. and come up mostly empty.  I did run across the
> > pleasuredrome tracker, but they focus on retro gaming and don't have
> > much in the way of application software.
>
> If you examine Asimov more closely, you'll find quite a lot of
> commercial software, including productivity and programming
> applications.  Public domain software is only a fraction of what
> exists on that site.  I myself have uploaded several commercial titles
> to it over the last few years.
>
> The general rule with Apple II software, as far as I can tell, is that
> we want it to be as widely and publicly available as possible, in the
> interest of preservation - unless someone is actively claiming rights/
> ownership and lets us know about it.
There places that are exercising such rights - and you can purchase
from them currently.  One place that comes to mind is Syndicomm:
http://store.syndicomm.com/