Re: EDD Plus Project

[winston19842005 <bjjlyates@bellsouth.net>]

On 1/14/08 4:47 PM, in article M7WdncNrKt4LRRbanZ2dnUVZ_sqinZ2d@comcast.com,
"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> sicklittlemonkey wrote:
>> On Jan 14, 11:52 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> As I've pointed out before, this software is not becoming suddenly
>>> less readable than it was, say, last year, so there is little reason
>>> to expect that there is any "emergency" in archiving it.
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, but it is becoming increasingly less affordable and obtainable.
>> In Japan, Apple II games are priced on Yahoo auctions at US$50 - $300.
>> (The upper end is for Wizardry, Ultima etc.)
> 
> I'm sorry to hear that, but I must regard it as a local anomaly.
> 
> In the US, large assortments of games are regularly given away or
> sold for a pittance.  Even on eBay, I'm not aware of any systematic
> rise in prices (but I haven't been paying much attention for the
> last few months ;-).

Maybe you should! A TI Extended Basic compiler recently sold for $133.

It is an unfinished product, from 1995, that was released to the Public
Domain years ago.

I can think of NO good reason someone would pay that much for something that
everybody has access to...

Ebay has been crazy the last few months.