agentb
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Well I just saw an ad the other day for Beckett grading of VHS tapes, so maybe old shrinkwrapped boxes of MS Windows will be graded soon
or already are 
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Texas Vintage Windows 1.03
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or already are 
SomeGuy
Veteran Member
Just at a glance, the box looks good enough someone might want it as a display piece. There are people who would pay that much... not so much on this forum, but eBay is full of them.
For display pieces, condition is always important. The more it looks like it just came off of a 1980s store shelf, the more desirable it is.
For display pieces, condition is always important. The more it looks like it just came off of a 1980s store shelf, the more desirable it is.
stepleton
Veteran Member
Regrettably, a recent thread on 68kmla suggests that the folks who have been "grading" video games are now bringing their "business" to Mac gaming titles. (I recommend watching the videos in that thread to get an idea of why "business" is in scare quotes.) I hope they don't move on to other software, but I don't see why they would limit themselves.
agentb
Experienced Member
Oh I’m sure grading for the big box PC games is coming if it’s not already here, ugh.
Yeah, you can already have big box games graded. You'll see them on eBay.
Example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/304560962818
If no one hits your $650 ask and you want to move this, I'd do $200. I already have an OEM version of this in unopened condition, but this one would present nicer, though.
NeXT
Veteran Member
"Investment Grading" What the hell is that garbage?
Don't kids have something better to waste time on like cryptocurrencies?
ST251
Experienced Member
What worries me more is there are apparently a lot of people with more dollars than brain cells bolstering this nonsense "market".
Casey
Veteran Member
I tried to, on a Compaq Portable w/640k & 2 floppies. Didn't work very well...
compaqportableplus
Veteran Member
You mean you tried to run it from 360k floppies? That will be somewhat tedious to use that way.I tried to, on a Compaq Portable w/640k & 2 floppies. Didn't work very well...
If you have a hard drive though, it should run fine on the Portable. I have 1.01 on mine, as well as 2.03! I’ve always enjoyed tinkering with the early versions of Windows.
VERAULT
Veteran Member
Never underestimate what fictitious nonsense fad the youth is ready to burn all thier money one... "401K?! Thats out of date man! We have better ways now"
And the investment grading system is what destroyed comic books in the 1990s... Now look Disney owns Marvel.. Superb...
Casey
Veteran Member
I was disappointed to find that it would only run Windows programs. I thought it would run DOS programs in windows. That didn't happen for several iterations of Windows.
krebizfan
Veteran Member
I just tried it in a virtual machine and Windows 1 does run MS-DOS applications in a Window. Must be text only and small. If the PIF directory has a PIF for a DOS application you have installed, try using that. Microsoft BASIC needs a maximum of 96 KB making it easy to fit in a window.
