Old MS-DOS & WIN Software

[Scott Stevens]

On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:00:56 -0700
woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:

> M H Stein wrote:
> 
> >I'm getting rid of several large boxes of old MS-DOS & WIN
> >software, OSs, apps, languages, utilities, games, etc.
> >
> >Also boxes of hardware such as PC MoBos, cards, keyboards,
> >external print buffers, converters, <=9600bd modems etc. 
> >
> >I realize without a detailed list this is rather vague, but I'd
> >like  to know if there's any interest in this sort of stuff to
> >make it worth while actually making that list. 
> >
> >If not here, maybe someone knows of another list where someone
> >may be interested?
> >
> >TIA,
> >
> >mike
> >
> >  
> >
> You know it takes a good bit of digging to find basic 8088
> software,  since windows has come out
> since "link,lib,masm" are no longer around. So get your older
> aps now  while you can.
> 

There are numerous mirrors of the old Simtel archive.  And I
personally know of a few sites that have mirrored some of the old
'shareware/shovelware' CDROM collections online.  I won't
broadcast the URLs here because they don't need the huge bandwidth
bill, but you can find them.  Often by just googling the filename
of various old MS-DOS zipfiles that you remember and/or have. 
Private queries about the big sites I have found that mirror
'classic' DOS era CDROMs are welcomed.

And maybe it's time for a 'CDROM exchange' type of thing.  Not for
warez purposes, just to back up the old shareware/freeware
collections that many of us have a number of.  It makes more sense
to ship around CDs than it does for everyone to download
everything individually.