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Not mine... AL Lowe is selling his collection including source code.

I wonder if a group of us could pool together and purchase something like the source code for some of the games for vcfed or other organization to keep and share the contents of (if legal). I'd really hate to see these hoarded by wealthy collectors who refuse to share anything, as has happened with the APL/S for Videobrain.

I see one of Al's games has reached $10k... people willing to drop that kind of coin tend not to be sharers. :)
 
Here are the direct links:
Al Lowe's Sierra Xmas Card
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183561121405?nordt=true
Sold -> $501.71

Al Lowe's Dragon’s Keep for Apple ][ 1982
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183562111305?nordt=true
Sill a few hours to go -> $1,325.00

Al Lowe's Source code to Leisure Suit Larry 2
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183561164182?nordt=true
Ended - no longer available

Al Lowe's Source code to Leisure Suit Larry 1 1987
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183561134340?nordt=true
Ended - no longer available

Al Lowe's Bop-A-Bet, Apple ][ game by Al Lowe, 1982 edition
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183562092536?nordt=true
Still a few hours to go -> $10,000.00 34 bids!!

Al Lowe's "Softporn" floppy disk only, no box, inspired Al Lowe to create Leisure Suit Larry
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183561117878?nordt=true
Sold -> $355.00
 
Paralel said:
A bunch disappeared. Who wants to be Sierra had something to day about what he was doing?
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That's kinda what I wondered when I saw it in the MJR video. I don't know what sort of copyright laws apply but I'm guessing some corporate entity or other owns that intellectual property and might have issues with it being flogged.

Assuming there was ever anything good on those disks in the first place. 30+ year old floppies are not the safest bet. Kinda surprised Al Lowr wouldn't have a spare 5.25" drive computer kicking around to test first.
 
Question: is the source code for the AGI games not already out there? Isn't that what that AGI Studio was built on? Or was that reverse engineered?
 
falter said:
Assuming there was ever anything good on those disks in the first place. 30+ year old floppies are not the safest bet. Kinda surprised Al Lowr wouldn't have a spare 5.25" drive computer kicking around to test first.
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While the 5.25" floppies are probably fine, the LSL2 source on the 3.5" disks is LONG gone. That's because he took DSDD disks and drilled an HD hole in them to format them as DSHD. You can do that, but Chuck can explain why the data isn't going to be there in about 6 months after you write it.
 
I don't know why but I don't really get excited for software as a collector. It's kind of odd I think given computers are useless without software. I guess it's just the nature of software... being easily, infinitely replicable bits and bytes. Having those source code disks would have a certain cool factor, but the only way to really maintain the value is to be like the Videobrain meanies and hoard the code on them to myself. And I couldn't do that.
 
Trixter said:
While the 5.25" floppies are probably fine, the LSL2 source on the 3.5" disks is LONG gone. That's because he took DSDD disks and drilled an HD hole in them to format them as DSHD. You can do that, but Chuck can explain why the data isn't going to be there in about 6 months after you write it.
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I dunno, I have got a bunch of disks like that I made back in the early 90s. They were still mostly readable the last time I checked, although I was pushing a bit more than 1.7mb using extra tracks and more sectors. Of course, I appreciate mileage may vary depending on the specific media used and storage conditions.

falter said:
I don't know why but I don't really get excited for software as a collector. It's kind of odd I think given computers are useless without software. I guess it's just the nature of software... being easily, infinitely replicable bits and bytes. Having those source code disks would have a certain cool factor, but the only way to really maintain the value is to be like the Videobrain meanies and hoard the code on them to myself. And I couldn't do that.
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I think in this case, one has to specifically be a fan of LSL/Sierra/Al Lowe or such. All I see when I look at those are someones personal crufty disks, with personal data I would not be able to post.
 
I have 360K floppies formatted out to 800K that are readable (mostly because the 1.2mb drive heads are small enough to double the tracks of a 360K disk).
 
SomeGuy said:
They were still mostly readable the last time I checked, although I was pushing a bit more than 1.7mb using extra tracks and more sectors.
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If this is on DSDD media, I think you need to check them again. That's greatly exceeding what the manufacturing process of the media intended.

Unknown_K said:
I have 360K floppies formatted out to 800K that are readable (mostly because the 1.2mb drive heads are small enough to double the tracks of a 360K disk).
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That's a legitimate use of 5.25" DSDD media; nothing wrong there.
 
Trixter said:
If this is on DSDD media, I think you need to check them again. That's greatly exceeding what the manufacturing process of the media intended.
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*Shrugs* Works for me. Double density media, generic brand purchased from Microcenter, with holes lovingly melted through by a $5 RadioShit soldering iron because that was the only tool I had. Oh, and lucking fexdixia lable on the tabel! I hope spiel cheekiers never become "obsolete".
 
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