Prev: Building Block Computer (Was Re: 16-bit C64/128?)
Next: More than 4 Drives on a C=64?
From: Dragos on 18 Apr 2008 19:28
Tell you what tough guy, if it hurt your little feelings so much you
want to meet, come to any of the retro events I'll be at this year.
There are a wide assortment for you to choose from. No need to post
your address, I have it.

I would not call caps lock a crack......

From: Joe Forster/STA on 18 Apr 2008 20:10
> You really are a piece of work, shipping games in
> padded envelopes by default, that says to buyers "I don't think enough
> of you to protect your purchase"

I don't quite understand: what's wrong with padded envelopes? I sent
more than a thousand of them out to all kinds of places and _none_ got
damaged. Also, the seller probably offers to give a replacement if the
package _does_ get damaged...
From: Andrew Wiskow on 18 Apr 2008 21:02
On Apr 18, 3:50 pm, christianlott1 <christianlo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I don't understand it. These programs are rare. Why not spread it
> around so it's not rare anymore?
>
> If you love it so much, why wouldn't you want it preserved? Instead
> you horde everything.
>
> Whatever. What's one more lost BBS?

I have to agree with Christian here... I try my best to make sure
that hard-to-find programs are made freely available to people. I
recently found a "one-of-a-kind" copy of ICE BBS, and after contacting
the original author, and getting his permission, I made it available
to everyone. I also spent many, many hours scanning in the 100+ page
printed manual, which I also made freely available. I've done similar
work with All American BBS and Ivory BBS. It's a labor of love, and I
have never charged a penny for it. If hard-to-find programs get
hidden away, they'll ultimately be lost for all eternity. Last year,
an author of a BBS program for the C128 posted on the Commodore 128
Alive! forum. It was a program that I'd never heard of, and he stated
that he'd like to sell the rights to his program for several hundred
dollars. I made the same sort of points with him, and he disagreed
with me, stating that because he put in hundreds of hours of work
writing the software, he wouldn't give it away. Well, as far as I
know, no one took him up on his offer to buy the rights from him, so
in the end, the program has remained hidden away, and it, too, will
probably be lost for all eternity. Yay, he won, good for him. :/

-Andrew
From: Klompmeester on 18 Apr 2008 21:37

"Andrew Wiskow" <wiskow(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4667c385-c497-46e0-8d99-3d8bc4fe62ce(a)k10g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
On Apr 18, 3:50 pm, christianlott1 <christianlo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I don't understand it. These programs are rare. Why not spread it
> around so it's not rare anymore?
>
> If you love it so much, why wouldn't you want it preserved? Instead
> you horde everything.
>
> Whatever. What's one more lost BBS?

I have to agree with Christian here... I try my best to make sure
that hard-to-find programs are made freely available to people. I
recently found a "one-of-a-kind" copy of ICE BBS, and after contacting
the original author, and getting his permission, I made it available
to everyone. I also spent many, many hours scanning in the 100+ page
printed manual, which I also made freely available. I've done similar
work with All American BBS and Ivory BBS. It's a labor of love, and I
have never charged a penny for it. If hard-to-find programs get
hidden away, they'll ultimately be lost for all eternity. Last year,
an author of a BBS program for the C128 posted on the Commodore 128
Alive! forum. It was a program that I'd never heard of, and he stated
that he'd like to sell the rights to his program for several hundred
dollars. I made the same sort of points with him, and he disagreed
with me, stating that because he put in hundreds of hours of work
writing the software, he wouldn't give it away. Well, as far as I
know, no one took him up on his offer to buy the rights from him, so
in the end, the program has remained hidden away, and it, too, will
probably be lost for all eternity. Yay, he won, good for him. :/

Who cares about yet another obscure BBS program anyway? What is the big
deal?


From: Golan Klinger on 18 Apr 2008 21:45
Was there any ever doubt that worldlam's intentions are to take what he
can from the community rather than participate in and possible contribute
to it? He's a parasite.

--
Golan Klinger
Dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.

First  |  Prev  |  Next  |  Last
Pages: 1 2 3 4
Prev: Building Block Computer (Was Re: 16-bit C64/128?)
Next: More than 4 Drives on a C=64?