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Vintage Computers Any vintage computer systems, calculators, video games etc., but with an emphasis on 1980s and earlier equipment. |
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12th Jun 2022, 4:51 pm | #1 |
Octode
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Perth, Scotland
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Commodore PET games/apps
I've spent the last week loading all the apps/games off my tapes and saving them to my SD2PET for you all to enjoy. I used a power extender cable for the PET2SD as some games would not load from port 2.
There's 114 games/apps in total. Some are commercial, some are typed in from magazines, some are typed in from unknown places, some are my originals. Some will already have been uploaded to archive.org - I didn't just check but I've just uploaded my whole collection where possible. All from the late 70s/early 80s and the vast majority of the tapes have survived just fine. If you want to know more about the back-story of my PET, it's here: https://colinjhaynes.wordpress.com/ Some plain don't work, some don't have the instructions typed in because I couldn't be bothered at the time, some will only work if you load them using datasette port 1. I've attempted to categorise them as below. Enjoy. Please share as widely as you wish. I happy for you to share/use the applications/games that are mine. I'm off for a pint... https://archive.org/details/PetSoft https://archive.org/details/PetPack https://archive.org/details/PETtypedinapps https://archive.org/details/PETSupermon https://archive.org/details/PETTreasureTrove126 https://archive.org/details/PETApps https://archive.org/details/PETGames https://archive.org/details/PETCVG https://archive.org/details/PETGLAZE https://archive.org/details/nightmare-parkPETPCW https://archive.org/details/PETPC Colin. |
12th Jun 2022, 6:34 pm | #2 | |
Heptode
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: West Lothian, UK.
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Re: Commodore PET games/apps
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12th Jun 2022, 11:54 pm | #3 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK.
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Re: Commodore PET games/apps
Quite a good way to ensure you'll always be able to find copies if you somehow lose your originals.
Although I won't personally benefit from this I do believe in not only archiving but sharing very old technical information, software and firmware. The Internet never forgets, so once it's out there you should always be able to find it again somewhere even if your original copies and archives are somehow wiped out. |
13th Jun 2022, 11:57 am | #4 | |
Octode
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Perth, Scotland
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Re: Commodore PET games/apps
It's for me too - those tapes won't last for ever.
I'm surprised they lasted this long to be honest - there's only about 5 apps/games I can't load. My Dad kept them in the loft for decades. I suspect that helped. Colin. Quote:
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