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Originally Posted by Penforhire
wv, my dad was a member of a Silicon Valley 'pirate group' back when 1.44 MB 3.5" floppies were the preferred storage medium. They'd get together to dupe and swap monthly. Seemed like most of them just did it to fulfill a hoarding addiction. Just imagine a floor-to-ceiling bookcase, four feet wide, stuffed to the gills with those 3.5" floppies. That was the extent of my dad's collection. I think he paid as much for those floppies as he would have for any legit software he actually used himself!  |
I remember when those 3.5's were revolutionary.
My first software was on cassettes (I barely missed the stacks of paper cards). Then the 5" floppies were standard on PCs.
So I guess it's mostly just a hobby thing. I can understand collecting, and even sharing within a defined group. It just seems like putting themselves out there as distributors would be risky. But then again, some people thrive on risk.
