[vcf-midatlantic] AOL CD and other old PC software...

[☼ wil lindsay ☼]

Hey Bill,
I teach Game Design over at Rider, and my students have never seen games in
boxes (I swear!). Let me know what you'd want for the DOOM box, as we
discuss that one a bit in the history class. I'd be happy to take it off
your hands.

-Wil Lindsay

On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 12:51 PM William Sudbrink via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> Like most of us, as a result of COVID, I've been mostly stuck at home.
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> Consequently, I've been going through and organizing a lot of boxes
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> of old stuff that just accumulated and I did not consider to be part of my
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> vintage computing collection.  However, I have noticed (and chuckled
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> over) the fact  that others are collecting computers and software that I
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> "just used".  Anyway, I'm finding stuff that I think others may appreciate
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> more than I and I'm wondering about its value.
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> First, I have what I believe is a pretty early AOL CD and I understand that
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> it may be collectable.  It includes the original silver, blue and red
> cardboard
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> sleeve that reads (in part):
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> America Online CD-ROM!
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> IT'S NEW!  IT'S FREE!
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> Now with World Wide Web Browser!
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> Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.  Most of what I find with
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> Google seems to be related to a boom about five years ago.
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> I have also found boxes full of other software, along with their original
> packaging.
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> Original DOOM, original Lemmings, Wing Commander, Wing Commander II,
> Falcon,
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> several old Microsoft Flight Sims, etc., etc.
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> Thanks,
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> Bill Sudbrink
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