Archiving old and rare Amiga Software

[Skippy]

This is a little on going project of mine and I was just looking for a little help from the Amiga community.

Basically looking for vintage stuff, commercial [yes i know!!], PD, Shareware etc.

Stuff like NoiseTracker, Soundtracker, Xcopy, Dpaint etc the late 80s and early 90s.

Maybe when you have a minute look through my software directory and see if you have anything I am missing.

If so visit the software archive section for instructions on how to contribute.

For help with using FTP clients visit my faq internet applications sections with links to popular clients.

Thanks for your support!!

Skippy

[Skippy]

Hi DoomMaster,

Not at all interested in games, but if you have a list of applications available then sure contact me.

One of my main reasons to archive such software is to restore my lost collection.

Basically mid 90's in my haste to have a house clearance I stupidly binned literally thousands of disks of Amiga software both PD and purchased commercials, something I will regret for the rest of my life...

The likes of such software has since been bettered and surpassed...

My reasons are not intended for financial gain nor acts of piracy, but to perserve a little history, being more of an 'old skool' Amiga user who is rekindling a little bit of nostalgia.

El' Skippo

[Skippy]

@Stew, yeah I guess offering a fee for the software would seem a reasonable approach.

@Dieter
I guess it does appear odd. Maybe do as stew mentioned above...

Uploading Public Domain material would be no different from uploading to Aminet and obviously any commercial stuff I buy, this sound more feasable?

Skippy

[Skippy]

@Cyberus
Nothing wrong with Marco Masini. If you've got lot's of old Amigacover disks you might like to know that there are websites dedicated to archiving them.

For example:
http://nthdimension.emuunlim.com/

This 'was' a useful site:
http://www.magazines.ch/
until it closed down.

 Why do people put so much effort into a good website then throw it all away!? It can still be found at archive.org

Ciao,

Sto Skippo

[Skippy]

@Cyberus

[history lesson]

Critics said that Marco was a symbol of misfortune -- a loser, a moaner, a pessimist, a corrupter of teenagers, a singer that sang about a life too black, a singer that led his listeners into depression and even to suicide!!

After two years of silence Marco couldn't contain his temper any longer.

Although his collaborators warned him that he might ruin his image, Marco vented his rage in a song he released on his 1993 album 'T'innamorerai" called "Vaffanculo / F*CK OFF!".

His critics didn't notice that every day Marco Masini received dozens of letters from teenagers telling him how much his songs were a relief in moments of discouragement.

Besides many drug-addicts, teenagers told him in their letters that his songs helped themselves realize where they were and that they wanted to crawl out of the pit of drugs.
[/history lesson]

Ciao,

Skippy

[Skippy]

@Cyberus,

Wow! imagine how many people I'd patronise if I was a history teacher!

[history lesson #2]
The word 'vaffanculo' is hardly vulgar [rude maybe] it literally translates as 'it goes in ass' or sometimes referred to as 'go do it with your ass';

You could say:

'va a fa in culo' = 'it goes to it does in ass'.

'andate tutti a 'fanculo' = 'all gone to ass'.

'vai in culo / vada via in culo' = 'it goes/ in ass'.

Now if my avatar read as 'f*ca, f*ga or maybe p*ttana' then that would be considered vulgar.

[/history lesson #2]

Me ne vado, ciao; ma vaffanculo  :-o

Basta Skippy! Basta!

[Skippy]

Ciao Framiga e ciao a tutti belli e brutti popolo,

1: I have chosen the avatar because I love the music of Marco Masini, the songs 'Vaffanculo e Bella Stronza' mean something to me. Marco is a very talented musician with powerful lyrics and beautiful rock music.

2: The 'ghosting' of foul/vulgar language it determined by the administrators by simply adding the swear word to a database.

Italy has a lot of very good musical talent.

Listen to:
[rap e hip hop]
99Posse/Bisca, Colle der Fomento e Dj Gruff.
[electronica]
Subsonica
[rock]
Marco Masini e Daniele Silvestri [love]
[comedy]
Gem Boy 'F.I.G.A'

Ascolta Radio Deejay e Guarda TV @ http://www.deejay.it

Skippy

[Skippy]

@zeeb100,

I haven't got the 'Vectorballs Editor by Data Becker'. I did a google.com and aminet search and came up with nothing but manuals and reviews.

@Cyberus,
'Battle of the egos', I think we had a misunderstanding, sorry if I came across as patronising.

'What can I do to help?', get archiving those disks and upload them to AR!

As Dr_Righteous mentioned, it is a good idea, there are lots of people out there seeking replacements for lost or damaged disks even myself. Disks don't last forever, which was the reason I started archiving mine when I discovered my originals had developed faults.

I recieve lots of requests from Amiga Users who are
trying to find replacements.

I made a back up of this coverdisk archive at nthdimension.emuunlim.com because it hadn't been updated for so long. Seemed a waste for so much work to disappear and website do.

http://www.amigarealm.com/archives/welcome.htm
is another project of mine to preserve internet websites.

If you think you can help visit:
http://www.amigarealm.com/softarch.htm

Cheers,

Skippy

[Skippy]

@DonnyEMU ,

'Okay I have been to your website, and it's really a cool project but just where is all this software going to? '

It states on the website here that when the software is submitted it is virus checked then added to the appropriate section of my website.

'Does it get made available to people who are looking for it..'

Ofcourse. I am a little bit reserved about the commercial 'abandonedware' software at the moment with regards
to piracy, these files have been RARed and encrypted with a unique password.

Old commercial software has been archived as it is no longer available [retailers] or supported [developers]

IE: Deluxe Paint I, II, II, IV, V.

You're not gonna find Image FX etc, however, you will find a link to either an official website or a retail stockist for that product.

RE: 'would you have it?'

All depends on the amount of support from visitors, much like peer2peer sharing, the more people shared and contributed the more everyone benefits.

What is currently available in my software archive is everything I have on disks here and that's just one person [me] helping others. Imagine if everyone contributed a couple of files.

Again, I must stress I am only looking for the more vintage stuff, plus drivers even old manuals.

Skippy

[Skippy]

@mycroft69,

That website has been inactive since FEB of this year hence my decision to rip it incase it went down.

@Bobsonsirjonny,
I do the same as the webmaster of CAPS, I go to carboots, jumble sales, charity shops etc hunting out old Amiga and Spectrum software.

The Spectrum stuff goes in the loft for storage, plus I contribute any missing disks to World of Spectrum and the Amiga stuff is virus checked then archived and uploaded to my site.

Skippy

[Skippy]

@mycroft69,

Cool, I'd be more than happy to archive your CDs.

Contact me via email to sort out some arrangements.

PS: I'm from BRISTOL, UK and you're from BRISTOL, USA - wierd.

Thanks for your support dude.

Skippy

Be nice if a few more people would get off their arses and help instead of bitching about piracy.

My first post included software from the Public Domain and Shareware sectors.

[Skippy]

Thanks for the support so far people, appreciated...

Received a lot of emails and uploads, many people have help me in my quest for old, rare and missing software.

Very pleased with the feedback and support so far.

Cheers and I must stress that all your efforts have made a big difference.

Thank you  :-)

Cheers,

Skippy