Anyone ever run across a copy of Risk for Apple II that works? The one 
on Asimov just runs the disk forever.
On 2009-02-26 10:38:21 -0500, nnthayer{at}hotmail.com said:

> On Feb 26, 7:01 am, apple2fr...{at}gmail.com wrote:
>> On Feb 26, 7:05 pm, schmidtd  wrote:
>> 
>>> On Feb 26, 5:34 am, apple2fr...{at}gmail.com wrote:> If anyone has any p
> ointers to online sources, they would be much
>>>> appreciated.
>> 
>>> Google isn't always our friend, it turns out.  But in this case, it
>>> is:http://www.google.com/search?q=apple+ii+software
>> 
>> Heh.
>> 
>> I've been through the first 100 or so links on Google some time back.
>> Little more than public domain software to be found there.
>> 
>> I was hoping to locate private bit torrent trackers, private ftp
>> sites, private boards with rapidshare links to hard-to-find Apple II
>> software, etc.
>> 
>> I've done an exhaustive search on tracker aggregators like isohunt,
>> fileshunt, etc. and come up mostly empty.  I did run across the
>> pleasuredrome tracker, but they focus on retro gaming and don't have
>> much in the way of application software.
> 
> If you examine Asimov more closely, you'll find quite a lot of
> commercial software, including productivity and programming
> applications.  Public domain software is only a fraction of what
> exists on that site.  I myself have uploaded several commercial titles
> to it over the last few years.
> 
> The general rule with Apple II software, as far as I can tell, is that
> we want it to be as widely and publicly available as possible, in the
> interest of preservation - unless someone is actively claiming rights/
> ownership and lets us know about it.  Since the platform's commercial
> viability today is next to nonexistent, this is almost never a
> problem, which allows places like Asimov to thrive.  Apple II software
> doesn't "hide out" in places like Rapidshare, BitTorrent trackers, or
> exclusive-access sites, because there's simply no need for it to.
> 
> The only "private" collections are real-world physical media, in the
> attics and closets of folks who have yet to remember they're there;
> sometimes they'll show up on eBay, and I only hope that they're going
> to people with a preservational motive.
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