On Saturday, October 5, 2002, at 10:44 PM, C.E. Forman wrote:
> I remember this auction. Gave up around $300 myself. It's an Apple II > version, right? Smaller manual than the TRS-80, which is about the > size of > an Infocom folio. This is the only boxed PS Zork I've ever seen, > though I > have a loose disk and manual. Wonder how the heck it ended up in the > U.K. Yes, this is the Apple II version. The disk is in working condition (I've since backed it up). This is what the seller told me: "I mentioned working in Microdigital, Liverpool in a previous message... well, that was pretty much the first retail microcomputer outlet in the UK - Apple IIs being their main product - hence they used to sell the software too. It was around summer 1981 that I joined them. Not only was Zork still a Personal Software release back then, but Visicalc was one of theirs too - before they went their own way, like Infocom, and became Visicorp. These were the days when Microsoft's biggest product was probably the Z-80 & CP/M card/software they made for the Apple II!" He was a really nice guy and it tickled me to know that the price I paid him funded his and his girlfriend's vacation to Spain. :) I was recently reminded of all of this when I saw you comments on YOIS about wished you had bid more for this Zork. -- Edward Franks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/