New subject: Looking for info on Calcomp Sanders box

17 Nov 1999

  Hello all,

  I have been watching this list for some time now and have enjoyed the
enthusiasm with which people pursue the preservation of the classic
machines.  My personal project has been restoring a SWTPC 6800 to
satisfy my nostalgic needs and I have gotten it up and running solidly.
The next step for me in this quest is to locate a copy of the BASIC
interpreter I  used back then - SWTPC's 8k BASIC.  I am willing to take
it in any format (i.e. cassette tape, paper listing, disk file, paper
tape, ...).  Any help along these lines would be greatly appreciated.

  This brings me to a related second question.  What is the consensus on
copyright policy for vintage software.  I am happy to pay for the
software I acquire, but it's obviously more complicated with software
written 20+ years ago.  Any advice on this would be appreciated and I
apologize if this topic has been covered before.

  Doug Peckham
  dpeckham(a)ucsd.edu

SWTPC 8k Basic / Vintage Software Policy