Uncreative Labs

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:01 pm

I have old software on 5 1/4 inch floppies.

examples: Lotus Symphony (6 floppies, install, library etc.)
Microsoft Mouse from 1989 , Microsoft Paint brush 1989 (3 floppies)

have FS3 (flightsim) castle, packman, sopwicth and stargate all for XT/AT

Have loads of other stuff as well dos installations many versions on both 3½ and 5 1/4 inch.

PM me if you want to know more about this software Wink

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:46 am

Found more, Simcity, Harley and Wolf3d Smile

Have Norton Guides (for basic) in box with manual and 5 1/4 " discs
And Norton Utilities.

Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 377 Location: Stuttgart, Germany

We had the abandonware discussion here a few times already. My personal opinion still is that everything that is EOL and not being sold anymore is fine (Windows up to ME, Office up to 97 etc.), but my opinion as one of the UCL admins is that we cannot tolerate abandonware. However what you do via Private Message is entirely your business.

SimCity classic is awesome, that's the first game I ever played. However even SimCity classic was still being sold as part of the "Green Pepper" software budget series here in Germany as recently as 2005(ish) (I still have the CD somewehere) for something in the $5 range. So especially games and abandonware are a difficult topic.

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:28 pm

mf_2 I do understand. I will edit a bit and just tell what I have.

I should have PQ (police quest) somewhere as well.

Also have FS4.

Simcity and PQ were fun to play Smile

Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 377 Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Was FS4 colored already? I remember running some 5.25" Microsoft Flight Sim for DOS on my 386-25 via a black and white (no, not even greyscale) Hercules 8-bit isa card and it was very playable Very Happy

However as with all Flightsim versions, the keyboard control felt a little slow.

What is Police Quest about?

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:18 pm

In PQ you get your stuff in the station , keys and stuff then to the car and go on missions on town

both FS3 and FS4 is in color

Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 594 Location: Western NC

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as one of the UCL admins is that we cannot tolerate abandonware. However what you do via Private Message is entirely your business.

True on both counts...

Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 261 Location: WisConSin

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/symphony/
It helps you create professional looking documents at no charge.

When the product is provided free of charge does it count?

Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 594 Location: Western NC

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When the product is provided free of charge does it count?

Nope. That's considered freeware and not only tolerated, but also encouraged. Symphony 3.0.1 is based on OpenOffice 3.2/3.3 and even though OO is in a state of flux now (see link below), it's still free...which is always good.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/01/oracle_openoffice_apache/