> Seriously, I do seem to remember there was a difference between the CD
> version and the floppy version. Though given RTZ's lack of appeal I
> would agree that the floppy version is of interest to collectors and
> RTZ fanatics. Which is a bit of a shame. I liked the way they did the
> user int
Lee K. Seitz wrote:
It's just
incredible handy to stuff gobs of 5.25 or 3.5 inch backups on a CD-R or
DVD-R.
Amen, brother! That's my goal. I've got a ton of disks to back up
and get rid of so I can reclaim a little bit of space.
It's even handier to back up 6+ CDs onto a single DVD-R. DVD+/D
Edward Franks stated:
>
>You might also
>check out want media brands your CD-R drive recommends, if any.
Good idea.
> No name generics have spotty quality. I've seen some fail in less
>than a year. That said, even CD-Rs won't last as long as the factory
>press CD-ROMs games come on the
On Jan 20, 2004, at 11:19 PM, Lee K. Seitz wrote:
[Snip]
I have yet to make serious use of my CD-R drive, sad to say. (However,
I actually went through all my unlabeled 3.5" disks the other day and
made some quick notes on most of them as to what they had on them.
Now I just gotta doe the 5.25" on
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah but you had to be careful. If it started to write the disk could be
corrupted and you lose it all. I would usually make a copy of my save
disk (with Wizardry it was autosave so VERY important) so I would be
protected if my disk was ruined by a "pull"
Yes, but I was
In a message dated 01/22/2004 12:21:16 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
God, yes!! Those were the days -- days when you were actually faster than
your computer. I remember frantically ripping the disk out too.
Yeah but you had to be careful. If it started to write the disk c
Guilty of the exact same thing. My friend was over one day and say
"Why don't you try walking around instead of just rebooting?" Then I
remember frantically searching FOR the whirlpool not long afterwards.
Ultima III is on the top 5 games I want to replay.
On Jan 22, 2004, at 1:08 AM, Jim Le
My dad and I used to do this with the original Wizardry. : )
Stuart
-Original Message-
From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 1:09 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s
Edward Franks wrote:
> I can remember play
Edward Franks wrote:
I can remember playing Ultima III and trying to beat the disk drive
if my party died. It was a bad habit to get into though.I used to
restart the game when a whirlpool nailed my ship
God, yes!! Those were the days -- days when you were actually faster than
you
On Jan 21, 2004, at 5:24 PM, C.E. Forman wrote:
- The CDROM version of Return to Zork was produced in greater numbers
than the floppy-disk version, so theoretically the diskette version is
worth more.
Rarer, but not necessarily worth more, except maybe to a few
collectors or
RTZ fanatics. Who wa
Then you leave it in my capable hands. B-)
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From: "Stuart Feldhamer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:22 PM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s
> I refuse to accept responsibility for this
I refuse to accept responsibility for this decision. : )
Stuart
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From: C.E. Forman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s
Yep, I found him right away. His eBay ID too. LMK if
> - The CDROM version of Return to Zork was produced in greater numbers
> than the floppy-disk version, so theoretically the diskette version is
> worth more.
Rarer, but not necessarily worth more, except maybe to a few collectors or
RTZ fanatics. Who wants to actually play the floppy version, in
Yep, I found him right away. His eBay ID too. LMK if you want him on my
jerk-list, he definitely qualifies. >B-}
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From: "Feldhamer, Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:53 PM
Subject: RE: [
On Jan 20, 2004, at 10:31 PM, Jim Leonard wrote:
[Snip]
Or am I the only one who executed a round of attacks in an RPG and sat
with baited breath while the disk drive paused, whirred, taunting me
with the result until finally the results were printed?
I can remember playing Ultima III and trying
To me, games in 5.25 floppies are more valuable than their 3.5 counterparts. Why? The extra sleeves.
Some games have really nice sleeves on their 5.25 games. The Softworld edition of the Origin (Ultima/Wing Commander) games spring to mind
--
Pedro R. Quaresma
Salvador Caetano IMVT
Div. Sistemas
Edward Franks stated:
>
> I have backups of all my important stuff on high quality CD-Rs, so I'm
>pretty safe there. I'm also a sucker for CD-ROM compilations for ease
>of installation.
I have yet to make serious use of my CD-R drive, sad to say. (However,
I actually went through all my
Dan Chisarick wrote:
At the hight of my media conversion insanity, I had everything on a
4-port KVM. Now all the old machines are on their own network. I used a
P-90 running Windows 98 w/a 5.25" Gateway drive that I sold and later
asked for it back (they weren't using it). I also have a CPS Opt
Howard Feldman wrote:
So I can still use it as a 5.25" drive, or a 3.5" drive, just not both
at the same time. I must open the computer and switch jumpers to get it
to work! So in summary, watch out before buying Asus Motherboards!!!
(Can anyone list decent contemporary M/B manufacturers whos
Edward Franks wrote:
Who needs mo'slo when you can play
Ultima 2 in all its CGA glory? ;-)
You know, this brings up something that I've always maintained: No matter how
convenient an emulator is, or how much it enhances or speeds up a game (ie
making the game more 'snappy' because there are n
Ok, someone who collects classic games and they're surprised by a 5.25" disk? They got the "shame on me" part right, but have no right being upset at you, and doubly so for not talking to you first.
At the hight of my media conversion insanity, I had everything on a 4-port KVM. Now all the old m
In a message dated 01/20/2004 12:27:35 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I got no response. Did I do something wrong here? More generally, what is
the opinion of the people on this list regarding a game that came in two
versions: one on 5.25 inch disks and one on 3.5 inch disks?
Edward Franks schrieb:
>
> It is going to get even worse. My current motherboard doesn't even
> support a B: drive! As I need the 3.5 inch drive as my A: drive this
> means I'll need to keep an older PC around just to deal with 5.25
> floppies. But how many people have room or even want
On Jan 20, 2004, at 3:35 PM, Jim Leonard wrote:
Edward Franks wrote:
It is going to get even worse. My current motherboard doesn't
even support a B: drive!
What motherboard?
Asus P4C800 Deluxe. When I updated my PC this summer I went for one
of the 800 MHz front side bus motherboards. No
Myself, I've still got a handy Teac 'combo' 3.5/5.25 drive which I
picked up maybe 5 years ago for about $50. It worked great and only
needed a floppy cable with a single connector, and even supports
swapping drive A and B with jumpers (if the BIOS doesnt allow this). So
you can imagine how p
On Jan 20, 2004, at 2:48 PM, Lee K. Seitz wrote:
[Snip]
On this list or in the general population? 8) I think you'll find
most of this list has some older hardware tucked away for just such
occasions.
I was mainly thinking of the average gamer. For people like us I take
it as a given we have mu
Lee K. Seitz wrote:
I'm curious, though. How many people here with older hardware keep it
set up all the time, network it with their current systems, and/or use
KVM switches to reduce the clutter?
I have a "worktable" that I use for building/repairing stuff, and that's
where the 286 sits along wi
Per-Olof Karlsson wrote:
I recently built a new machine and attempted to get an old dual drive
like this working but couldn't :-( Light was constantly on, like the
cable was bad. I'll try again.
That does sound like a bad cable, or even a good cable turned 180 degrees.
Bad cable. Turned it 1
--Original Message-
From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:42 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s
Lee K. Seitz wrote:
> I would hope anyone interested in vintage games would be knowledgable
> enough about the item(s) t
>I recently built a new machine and attempted to get an old dual drive
>like this working but couldn't :-( Light was constantly on, like the
>cable was bad. I'll try again.
That does sound like a bad cable, or even a good cable turned 180 degrees.
- Peo
Lee K. Seitz wrote:
I would hope anyone interested in vintage games would be knowledgable
enough about the item(s) they want to know what format(s) it was
available on and ask if they knew it came on more than one. It was
very rude for them to give you negative feedback without e-mailing you
first
Edward Franks wrote:
It is going to get even worse. My current motherboard doesn't even
support a B: drive!
What motherboard?
> As I need the 3.5 inch drive as my A: drive this
Do you really? While I get nervous thinking about not having a floppy
drive in my machine, it is entirely poss
Per-Olof Karlsson wrote:
There used to be floppy drives you could connect to the parallel port.. Try
looking for one of these, I'm sure they'll work just fine even today. :)
Not for the copy-protection on older games, they won't...
--
Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
World's largest electronic gamin
Feldhamer, Stuart wrote:
"The value of a 5.25 set
is considerably less than 3.5s."
..to HIM, because he only wanted to play the game. Not to collectors.
Read on:
What is
the opinion of the people on this list regarding a game that came in two
versions: one on 5.25 inch disks and one on 3.5 inch
cassette drive :-).
Hugh
-Original Message-
From: "Feldhamer, Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Jan 20, 2004 1:26 PM
To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s
What do you all think of this:
I made a trade w
Edward Franks stated:
>
> It is going to get even worse. My current motherboard doesn't even
>support a B: drive! As I need the 3.5 inch drive as my A: drive this
>means I'll need to keep an older PC around just to deal with 5.25
>floppies. But how many people have room or even want an
Feldhamer, Stuart stated:
>
>Did I do something wrong here? More generally, what is
>the opinion of the people on this list regarding a game that came in two
>versions: one on 5.25 inch disks and one on 3.5 inch disks? Are the 3.5 inch
>disks more valuable?
I don't know that one is more valuable t
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Subject: RE: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s
There used to be floppy drives you could connect to the parallel port.. Try
looking for one of these, I'm sure they'll work just fine even today. :)
There are also quite recent thingies that let you connect a 3.5" drive via
U
internally and a 3.5" via
USB)
Cheers,
Peo
-Original Message-
From: Edward Franks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: den 20 januari 2004 19:51
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s
On Jan 20, 2004, at 12:26 PM, Feldhamer, Stuart wrote:
[Snip]
> I got no respon
On Jan 20, 2004, at 12:26 PM, Feldhamer, Stuart wrote:
[Snip]
I got no response. Did I do something wrong here? More generally, what
is
the opinion of the people on this list regarding a game that came in
two
versions: one on 5.25 inch disks and one on 3.5 inch disks? Are the
3.5 inch
disks more
What do you all think of this:
I made a trade with someone on the game trading zone for a particular game.
I won't tell you which one so you won't try to figure out who it was.
Anyway, I described the condition of the game I was sending in some detail.
We made the trade, and then noticed that the
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