Re: PD ][+ software

[Cyrus Roton <croton@ridgecrest.ca.us>]

On 8 May 1995, Mike Pfaiffer wrote:

> 
> 	Our users group has recently accepted a number of *new* ][+ 
> owners. The selection of PD and shareware we have for them is quite 
> small. Could some of you please dig through your old 5.25 disks and see if 
> you have any of this stuff from the old days? If you could post it in the 
> binaries, or better yet, make it available through ftp it would be great.
> 
There are several ftp sites having extensive libraries of Apple II 
software. Also, many Apple User Groups have software libraries of A2 
software, and make the stuff availble to members by BBS or direct mail order.

Trying to post software libraries via newsgroups does not seem to me very 
practical, since the volume might be very large, and since the stuff does 
not stay on newsgroups for very long.

My user group has a good collection, which I have recently updated and 
re-organized. There are a number of useful programs, like FreeWriter, 
AppleWriter, a spreadsheet, a data base,and educational stuff. We are not 
heavy on games, but do have some. Most of the good games are 
copyrighted, and not available for re-distribution.

I can copy and mail disks to members for the cost of disks and mailing 
(plus, perhaps, a small handling charge for the club treasury), if the 
demand is not high. Perhaps I could send some disk images via 
internet. The first thing I would send is the list of programs and the 
description file, so a person would know what to order. Much of what we 
have is also available via several PD/SW distributors.

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Cyrus Roton
Ridgecrest Apple user Group