Re: [SWCollect] Disk Restoration

2000-09-11 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Jim Leonard boldly stated: > >Do *NOT* use Norton on them yet -- Norton will write bad data back to the disk >if it can't read it either, forever sealing your chances of reading the disk. >If you need the data restored, let me/us know the name of the program and we >might have a cracked version i

Re: [SWCollect] Disk Restoration

2000-09-11 Thread Lee K. Seitz
C.E. Forman boldly stated: > >I suspected Jim was a bit strange when he said he breaks shrinkwrap. I've seen this mentioned a few times, and at the risk of ruining whatever small, dubious reputation I might have worked up here, I'm in favor of breaking shrinkwrap, too. (In most cases.) I picked

Re: [SWCollect] Disk Restoration

2000-09-11 Thread Jim Leonard
"C.E. Forman" wrote: > > >>Would moving the original label on to a freshly made copy of the disk be > >>satisfactory? > > > >For my purposes, yes. Even if the copy-protection were still intact (ie. > an > >EXACT copy). > > I suspected Jim was a bit strange when he said he breaks shrinkwrap. > B

Re: [SWCollect] MobyScale version 0.21

2000-09-11 Thread Jim Leonard
"C.E. Forman" wrote: > > Question about "Fine": If we change it to "F", it will be the same as > "Fair". > > ..or do "Fair" and "Poor" always go together, hence a single entry on > the scale (F/P)? And if that's the case, would you mind if I wrote that > as "F-P" on the Shoppe pages, as it's ea

Re: [SWCollect] MobyScale version 0.21

2000-09-11 Thread C.E. Forman
Question about "Fine": If we change it to "F", it will be the same as "Fair". ..or do "Fair" and "Poor" always go together, hence a single entry on the scale (F/P)? And if that's the case, would you mind if I wrote that as "F-P" on the Shoppe pages, as it's easier to decipher "F-P/NM" than "F/P/

Re: [SWCollect] Disk Restoration

2000-09-11 Thread C.E. Forman
>>Would moving the original label on to a freshly made copy of the disk be >>satisfactory? > >For my purposes, yes. Even if the copy-protection were still intact (ie. an >EXACT copy). I suspected Jim was a bit strange when he said he breaks shrinkwrap. But nothing can compare to *wanting* the ev

RE: [SWCollect] Finds and stuff

2000-09-11 Thread Hugh Falk
Thank you for reacting accordingly to the amount of hard work and mental illness that obviously went into my display. Yes, they are custom shelves built by a company called California Closets. They are national so I recommend them if there is one in your area. Not too expensive and they'll m

[SWCollect] Re: Reply-to

2000-09-11 Thread Jim Leonard
"Lee K. Seitz" wrote: > > Jim Leonard boldly stated: > > > >PS: Lee, your email client keeps "forcing" the Reply-To: address header to be > >the hiwaay.net address -- this affects the mailing list since people will > >(R)eply to the message and later find out it only went to you instead of back

Re: [SWCollect] Finds and stuff

2000-09-11 Thread Jim Leonard
Hugh Falk wrote: > > Do you have the original boxes for everything as well? If so, everything > (including the 40 tapes) would probalby go for about $200 - $250 on a good > day. No original boxes, but I do have original instructions and cassette "slipcovers" (did these things even come in boxes

Re: [SWCollect] Finds and stuff

2000-09-11 Thread Jim Leonard
Hugh Falk wrote: > > Here is a pic of some of my games. I tried to get as much in as I could on > this wall, but it doesn't quite cover it. I also have other sets of > shelves not pictured. The sad part is that many of these shelves go two > deep with games. I just moved in and am still organ

Re: [SWCollect] Lost Treasure of Infocom IIgs?

2000-09-11 Thread Jim Leonard
"Lee K. Seitz" wrote: > > Just curious, do you think this item is legitimate? It's supposedly a > copy of The Lost Treasures of Infocom for the Apple IIgs. The > description itself states that it supposedly doesn't exist. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=424657806 Wo

Re: [SWCollect] Disk Restoration

2000-09-11 Thread Jim Leonard
"Lee K. Seitz" wrote: > > Earlier this week I decided to go back and buy the two other Cosmi > games I'd mentioned finding earlier for myself, since no one else was > interested. I was disappointed to find the disks don't seem to be > readable. (I can get a directory listing most of the time, b

[SWCollect] MobyScale version 0.21

2000-09-11 Thread Jim Leonard
Slighly revised version of the scale; the Good and Fine abbreviations of GO and FI have been truncated to G and F to be consistent with most naming scales. Their meaning is the same. -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive historical PC gaming database project. The Officia