Rheilman Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Thought you might find this interesting : http://m.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Complete-1981-Ultima-I-for-Apple-II-California-Pacific-Computers-/201506380469?nav=SEARCH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Jesus Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Thought you might find this interesting : http://m.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Complete-1981-Ultima-I-for-Apple-II-California-Pacific-Computers-/201506380469?nav=SEARCH "There is a musty smell" to me means they weren't taken care of properly, and most likely the floppy disks don't work at all. Kind of hard to justify that price when they don't even know the games work, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Just overwrite the disk with a download from ftp.asimov, or swap the label to a fresh disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) yea with apple II software, like many other old computers, its not about the game, you can get the game anywhere with the click of a button and a nanosecond download even on dialup, drop it on a floppy and have a physical item to file away its about the package and teh swag maybe that's why apple II people dont make great software collectors, with no carts and a giant portion of software being originally distributed in a baggie with a dot matrix label we dont have as many reasons to not just download it heh Edited January 19, 2016 by Osgeld 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Yeah, I don't really expect all my old 5 1/4" floppies to still work. Still interesting to see this auction, thanks for posting it! As some of you may know, I am a big collector of everything Ultima. ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSG Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Even if the floppy worked would that be a regular price for these? That is WAY out of my budget! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 My original Ultima 1 disk works just fine. Folks, I've said it before, I'll say it again. I've got floppies from 1978 which are totally functional. And they show good signal strength going into the pre-amp - this means they should continue retaining data for years to come. Even if the floppy worked would that be a regular price for these? That is WAY out of my budget! Back in the day you might have paid anywhere from $19 - $39 depending on the game. Sometimes more for a productivity program. A regular price today would be whatever anyone is willing to pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internetronic Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Interesting, but with ADTPro and online disk images, you can basically get the actual game for free if you want. (I get that it's more of a collector's item, but man, that's pretty expensive.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Don't copy that floppy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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