3 Oct
2015
3 Oct
'15
4:09 p.m.
Software is a different story because technically it's licensed and not
purchased outright like hardware is ... we can't dispo software ... it all
has to be destroyed ... the licenses are generally non-transferrable...
Getting the software is definitely half the battle! But it's increasingly
possible to do between things that have become more or less abandonware, to
vendors that have had hobbyist programs, to systems that have an implicit
RTU to the OS that follows from hardware ownership ... it depends. Software
preservation is definitely important; I try to save everything that I can
get my hands on, especially operating systems and compilers - the basics!
Best,
Sean
On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 6:19 PM, TeoZ <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote:
Even the people who do save hardware for collectors
tend to dump any
original software they have, plus many hardware collectors don't bother
with legit software.
-----Original Message----- From: Noel Chiappa
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 5:07 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Cc: jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Re: This is sad...
It's all just money...
Well, I agree, sometimes the machine is disassmbled in a way that harms the
components, or vital components are thrown away/re-cycled because 'they
don't
seem like they are useful/valuable' (case in point, cables - people save
the
boards, and throw away the cables - as a result of which, for many boards,
we
have more boards than we need, and no cables).
On the other hand, if this stuff _wasn't_ worth money, most people would
just
re-cycle it, or pitch it. That would be better?
Noel
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