23 Jul
2016
23 Jul
'16
12:11 a.m.
I picked up two crates jam packed full of floppys today. Bunch of random
old utilities in there, borland turbo asm, turbo pascal, windows for
workgroups etc.
I found a set of disks with the DEC digital logo on them. 4-5 disks, says
dos for the dec pc. Some utilitys too. Are these of any use to anyone, or
is it just a stock dos install with a dec sticker on the disk?
There are little heaps of disks on just about every surface around here, i
will post back with a complete list of what is here to see if anyone is
interested in what is here. I just want some of the software off of the
disks, i don't necessarily want to keep the two full crates of disks around
. There is also an original copy of doom on floppy that looks to be
complete.
--Devin
23 Jul
23 Jul
12:18 a.m.
On Fri, 22 Jul 2016, devin davison wrote:
I picked up two crates jam packed full of floppys
today. Bunch of random
old utilities in there, borland turbo asm, turbo pascal, windows for
workgroups etc.
I would be interested in any of the Borland stuff!
tnx.
g.
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1:04 a.m.
On Fri, 22 Jul 2016, devin davison wrote:
I picked up two crates jam packed full of floppys
today. Bunch of random
old utilities in there, borland turbo asm, turbo pascal, windows for
workgroups etc.
I found a set of disks with the DEC digital logo on them. 4-5 disks,
says dos for the dec pc. Some utilitys too. Are these of any use to
anyone, or is it just a stock dos install with a dec sticker on the
disk?
There are little heaps of disks on just about every surface around here,
i will post back with a complete list of what is here to see if anyone
is interested in what is here. I just want some of the software off of
the disks, i don't necessarily want to keep the two full crates of disks
around . There is also an original copy of doom on floppy that looks to
be complete.
I'm still on the lookout for Procomm Plus for Windows (ver 2.11) if you
happen across that on 3.5" disks. I bought what was supposed to be a boxed
copy off eBay years ago and it was mostly complete... box, manuals,
license, but no disks :)
8:19 p.m.
I indeed do have procomm plus. disks 1 and 2. Let me see if they can be
read.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jul 2016, devin davison wrote:
I picked up two crates jam packed full of floppys today. Bunch of random
old utilities in there, borland turbo asm, turbo
pascal, windows for
workgroups etc.
I found a set of disks with the DEC digital logo on them. 4-5 disks, says
dos for the dec pc. Some utilitys too. Are these of any use to anyone, or
is it just a stock dos install with a dec sticker on the disk?
There are little heaps of disks on just about every surface around here,
i will post back with a complete list of what is here to see if anyone is
interested in what is here. I just want some of the software off of the
disks, i don't necessarily want to keep the two full crates of disks around
. There is also an original copy of doom on floppy that looks to be
complete.
I'm still on the lookout for Procomm Plus for Windows (ver 2.11) if you
happen across that on 3.5" disks. I bought what was supposed to be a boxed
copy off eBay years ago and it was mostly complete... box, manuals,
license, but no disks :)
8:27 p.m.
Unfourtunately alot of the sun and os/2 stuff from the larger crate seems
to be incomplete. Less than half of the numbered disks for each set. Next
to useless in my eyes. All of the software from the first crate is
complete, i can get to listing what is there tonight.
I am making images of the disks. They will be available on my server, and
ill put them up on bitsavers or something of the like.
--Devin
On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 3:19 PM, devin davison <lyokoboy0 at gmail.com> wrote:
I indeed do have procomm plus. disks 1 and 2. Let me
see if they can be
read.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jul 2016, devin davison wrote:
I picked up two crates jam packed full of floppys today. Bunch of random
old utilities in there, borland turbo asm, turbo
pascal, windows for
workgroups etc.
I found a set of disks with the DEC digital logo on them. 4-5 disks,
says dos for the dec pc. Some utilitys too. Are these of any use to anyone,
or is it just a stock dos install with a dec sticker on the disk?
There are little heaps of disks on just about every surface around here,
i will post back with a complete list of what is here to see if anyone is
interested in what is here. I just want some of the software off of the
disks, i don't necessarily want to keep the two full crates of disks around
. There is also an original copy of doom on floppy that looks to be
complete.
I'm still on the lookout for Procomm Plus for Windows (ver 2.11) if you
happen across that on 3.5" disks. I bought what was supposed to be a boxed
copy off eBay years ago and it was mostly complete... box, manuals,
license, but no disks :)
9:04 p.m.
I emailed privately... but I do have original pcplus 242, and pcplus 2.1 for win, and all
the Borland packages.
4:30 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of devin
davison
Sent: 23 July 2016 00:11
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: heap of floppy disks
I picked up two crates jam packed full of floppys today. Bunch of random old
utilities in there, borland turbo asm, turbo pascal, windows for workgroups
etc.
I found a set of disks with the DEC digital logo on them. 4-5 disks, says dos for
the dec pc. Some utilitys too. Are these of any use to anyone, or is it just a
stock dos install with a dec sticker on the disk?
There are little heaps of disks on just about every surface around here, i will
post back with a complete list of what is here to see if anyone is interested in
what is here. I just want some of the software off of the disks, i don't
necessarily want to keep the two full crates of disks around . There is also an
original copy of doom on floppy that looks to be complete.
Looking forward to seeing the list. Could you also tell us where they are located?
Thanks
Rob
6:04 a.m.
It would not take much time to archive these disks and post somewhere for
those who have the disks that have gone bad, have docs but lost the/s disk
in the set, etc.
Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net
On Jul 22, 2016 11:30 PM, "Rob Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of devin
davison
Sent: 23 July 2016 00:11
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: heap of floppy disks
I picked up two crates jam packed full of floppys today. Bunch of random
old
utilities in there, borland turbo asm, turbo
pascal, windows for
workgroups
etc.
I found a set of disks with the DEC digital logo on them. 4-5 disks,
says dos for
the dec pc. Some utilitys too. Are these of any
use to anyone, or is it
just a
stock dos install with a dec sticker on the
disk?
There are little heaps of disks on just about every surface around here,
i will
post back with a complete list of what is here to
see if anyone is
interested in
what is here. I just want some of the software
off of the disks, i don't
necessarily want to keep the two full crates of disks around . There is
also an
original copy of doom on floppy that looks to be
complete.
Looking forward to seeing the list. Could you also tell us where they are
located?
Thanks
Rob
2:21 p.m.
On 7/22/16 10:04 PM, william degnan wrote:
It would not take much time to archive these disks and
post somewhere for
those who have the disks that have gone bad, have docs but lost the/s disk
in the set, etc.
It would also really, really help preservation if people would start
compiling a list of known copy-protected software.
This came up again at CHM trying to set priorities for what to image
from the physical collection.
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