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<strong>Software Archive Wiki</strong>
 
<strong>Software Archive Wiki</strong>
  
This Wiki should be a development platform and information exchange/storage for software archiving.
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The software is professionally recovered. Usually from magnetic disks using [https://www.kryoflux.com/ Kryoflux] or [https://c64preservation.com/nibtools Nibtools]. If available meta data such as pictures of the disks and box content are created.
  
The software is professionally recovered. Usually from magnetic disks using [https://www.kryoflux.com/ Kryoflux] or [https://c64preservation.com/nibtools Nibtools]. If available meta data such as pictures of the disks and box content are created.
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For C64 the Kryoflux streams are converted to G64 images and verified to work in a common emulator, such as Vice.
  
 
Please note that this is for archivists and file access is limited. Anonymous users see only meta information.
 
Please note that this is for archivists and file access is limited. Anonymous users see only meta information.
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[[Project Description]]
 
[[Project Description]]
  
===== Archive =====
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If you are an ATARI user, check out the [http://www.a8preservation.com/ Atari 8-bit Software Preservation Initiative]
 
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==== Hints for Searching ====
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The game names for releases in the wiki follow the naming scheme used on [https://www.mobygames.com mobygames]. Pages for releases refer to retail/budget versions. For software released on compilation switch the search to [https://wiki.retronn.de/index.php?title=Special:Search&profile=all&search=&fulltext=1 search everything].
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==== Wanted ====
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[[Special:WantedPages]]
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==== Archive Categories ====
 
[[:Category:C64 Game]]
 
[[:Category:C64 Game]]
  
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[[:Category:C64 Magazine]]
 
[[:Category:C64 Magazine]]
  
[[Manuals]]
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[[:Category:CBM Disk]]
 
 
  
[[List of archived C64 games]]
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[[:Category:64'er Extra]]
  
[[List of archived C64 applications]]
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[[:Category:C64 Disk from Book]]
  
[[List of archived C64 magazines]]
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[[Manuals]]
  
===== Additional Information =====
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[[Misc games we found on disks]]
  
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[[Misc applications we found on disks]]
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==== Additional Information ====
 
[[Descriptions of old disk copy protections]]
 
[[Descriptions of old disk copy protections]]
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Software that [[runs in VICE 2.3]] only.
  
 
[[Legend]]
 
[[Legend]]
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==== Media ====
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[[C64 Demo Captures]]
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==== Assembler Corner ====
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[[Th. Tempelmann format]]
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==== My helper lists ====
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[[List of archived C64 games]]
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[[List of archived C64 applications]]
  
===== Media =====
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[[List of archived C64 magazines]]
  
[[C64 Demo Captures]]
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==== Other Interesting Sites ====
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[[File:a8sp.png|link=http://www.a8preservation.com/|Atari 8-bit Software Preservation Initiative]]

Revision as of 03:45, 25 November 2021

Software Archive Wiki

The software is professionally recovered. Usually from magnetic disks using Kryoflux or Nibtools. If available meta data such as pictures of the disks and box content are created.

For C64 the Kryoflux streams are converted to G64 images and verified to work in a common emulator, such as Vice.

Please note that this is for archivists and file access is limited. Anonymous users see only meta information.

Project Description

If you are an ATARI user, check out the Atari 8-bit Software Preservation Initiative

Hints for Searching

The game names for releases in the wiki follow the naming scheme used on mobygames. Pages for releases refer to retail/budget versions. For software released on compilation switch the search to search everything.

Wanted

Special:WantedPages

Archive Categories

Category:C64 Game

Category:C64 Game Compilation

Category:C64 Application

Category:C64 Magazine

Category:CBM Disk

Category:64'er Extra

Category:C64 Disk from Book

Manuals

Misc games we found on disks

Misc applications we found on disks

Additional Information

Descriptions of old disk copy protections

Software that runs in VICE 2.3 only.

Legend

Media

C64 Demo Captures

Assembler Corner

Th. Tempelmann format

My helper lists

List of archived C64 games

List of archived C64 applications

List of archived C64 magazines

Other Interesting Sites

Atari 8-bit Software Preservation Initiative