Al Lowe is selling a few items (LSL source code)
Al Lowe threw a few items on eBay, including source code backup disks of two LSL games. This will be a fun one to watch! (I met him when he came to MAGFest a few years ago. Nice guy! Unfortunately he didn't bring his alto saxophone because he would have fit right in playing in the hallways.) https://www.ebay.com/usr/al_lowe?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
That saddens me. Those disks should really go to a public archive. But I assume the rights are probably legally part of the Sierra/Vivendi/CUC evolutional mess and create liability for the seller and buyer of the auction. I just hope the buyer takes steps to digitally archive it multi-site. It seems Al's preferred method of long term storage is CFDA - Crusty Floppy Disk Archives. -Alan. On 2018-12-02 10:34, Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Al Lowe threw a few items on eBay, including source code backup disks of two LSL games. This will be a fun one to watch!
(I met him when he came to MAGFest a few years ago. Nice guy! Unfortunately he didn't bring his alto saxophone because he would have fit right in playing in the hallways.)
That saddens me. Those disks should really go to a public archive. But I assume the rights are probably legally part of the Sierra/Vivendi/CUC evolutional mess and create liability for the seller and buyer of the auction.
It will probably get archived. I know in the past people have bought high dollar items like that then set it free (game roms and the like.)
I just hope the buyer takes steps to digitally archive it multi-site. It seems Al's preferred method of long term storage is CFDA - Crusty Floppy Disk Archives.
Yep. My disk arrays are available for a backup copy. Heh
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