Re: [SWCollect] DOS sound in Win 98SE

2004-03-31 Thread Adam Baratz
Can you restart in MS-DOS mode in 98SE? -Adam - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:31 PM Subject: [SWCollect] DOS sound in Win 98SE As you know I play mostly classic games. I use 98SE with SB Live card. Can be very

Re: [SWCollect] Publishers vs. Developers

2004-02-20 Thread Adam Baratz
It might've started with the 2600. Activision started because developers at Atari wanted more control and recognition for their work. Atari's games didn't list developer/designer names anywhere on the physical product. Before Activision, all 2600 games were released by Atari. NES games had

Re: [SWCollect] Software Collecting Expo?

2004-01-18 Thread Adam Baratz
If someone, like Woz, who's interesting to people outside of our immediate audience showed, it would be easier to draw bigger numbers. If we asked the VCF people about their approximate attendence it would probably reflect how many would come to an expo limited to old games. -Adam -

Re: [SWCollect] Geekness! (was: Re: [SWCollect] Gosh, you look weird)

2003-01-31 Thread Adam Baratz
I did something similar but unfortunately I can't tell anyone what it is because I still use it :-) Is ZORK your ATM PIN#? ;) -Adam -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing

Re: [SWCollect] [Fwd: ComputerGameCollector.Com]

2002-09-28 Thread Adam Baratz
Finally, I think creating a true master list (of viable commercial games) is a great idea. I'm guessing we could get a good 80% of the way there (or more) just by combining the databases of the people on our e-mail list. We could just have everybody spit out what they have in a common

Re: [SWCollect] Buy 1 get 2

2002-09-17 Thread Adam Baratz
(Remember The Bilestoad?) No... please explain... -Adam -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: [SWCollect] The Motherlode

2002-09-10 Thread Adam Baratz
It could also be from liquidation sales, like all the stuff Centsible Software obtains through company buyouts. They tend to buy several truckloads of software and computer parts at once. I'm getting the impression there still are many warehouses in the US stuffed with vintage software.

Re: [SWCollect] Auctions 102

2002-07-01 Thread Adam Baratz
My main concern was to make sure Mr. Leonard knew there were some potential downsides to Paypal et al.. When you are in a situation where you have serious money problems, which I understand all too well, potentially having money you counted on suddenly get taken away from you may not a risk