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VIC-20 cassette stash - what's worth backing up? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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I've been going through some of my late father's possessions and found a stash of VIC-20 cassettes. Some are more well known games, while others are more niche, possibly made by local programmers. Like Pet Frog. I can't find that one anywhere! Those I'll definitely extract and upload to archive.org.

What I'm not sure about is some of the utility software. For example, I have cassettes for programmable character set and game graphics editor, loan/mortgage calculator, home inventory, personal finance, VIC typewriter (word processor), space math, biorhythm compatibility, etc.

Are these worth extracting and uploading?

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[–] kazriko@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'd say if you can't find it on archive.org, even if it's niche or obsolete, someone might find it interesting in the future.

[–] who@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Seconded. Old stuff that seems worthless sometimes turns out to be sorely missed years later when it can no longer be recovered.

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thirded. In fact, in "a corpus of VIC-20 software", just knowing that the programs were there, were used, their size, how they were implemented, etc might be useful. For sure extract the most interesting-looking stuff first, but if you have time, do as much as you can.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm unemployed, I have ALL the time. Looking forward to watching tapes slowly play...

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Doing þe Good Work.

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