Who Owns Softdisk and Big Blue Disk Now?
I've talked here before about my efforts to preserve and make available the archives of the long-lived disk magazine Loadstar. Please forgive me for linking to that once again, but sales of it help me obtain food: Loadstar Compleat. If you want to see more past
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Who Owns Softdisk and Big Blue Disk Now?
I've talked here before about my efforts to preserve and make available the archives of the long-lived disk magazine Loadstar. Please forgive me for linking to
Softdisk and Big Blue Disk
I managed to find a CD image on the Internet Archive of 166 issues, plus one demo, of Softdisk! Additionally I found a bunch of issues of Softdisk's IBM PC product Big Blue Disk, on myabandonware! Both places, it's reputed, are former projects of the id Software guys.
The rights to the Softdisk...
An Intro to Loadstar
One of the things I'm working on for my menu system is a short history of Loadstar, that also mentions some notable facts about it. Here's what I've got so far, if anyone wants to suggest additions. (It's not very well ordered yet.):
-- Loadstar was an incredibly long-lived computer magazine...
VCF Southeast 2026
I just got word that I've snagged a table at VCF Southeast 2026 in Atlanta, at the end of July/beginning of August! They also asked if I'd like to present there too and of course I said yes!
This time I won't be staying at a hotel but with a friend in Atlanta, so my cognitive load will be a lot...
Photo Safari - Bug
Photo Safari - by Jon Mattson (Published on Loadstar #69) - Use your camera to take pictures of wildlife and avoid the monkey stealing it! (Use return to switch between walking and camera mode) There's a weird bug in the game where when you get to the second level it fills with trees and only...
The KIM-1 Programming Guide
Ran into this on Rich's Classic Computer Pages, a PDF copy of the KIM-1 Programming Guide, which contains one of the most readable explanations of how to program 6502 assembly I've seen. I wish I had a chance to read this back then!
Murder in the Museum - DOS conversion
Play the DOS conversion of Fender Tucker's Murder in the Museum that was published on Big Blue Disk.
https://classicreload.com/murder-in-the-museum.html#
Gumshoe
I re-visited this game, and I still can't figure it out!
It is Dave's puzzle detective game from LS #111.
I'm guessing the key is to find out which suspect arrived first (or is it last)?
Crimbo 1982 Demo
This was just released, an amazing remake of the 1982 Commodore Christmas demo. Seeing things like this makes me realize how much potential in still in the C64!
Commodore Codey - First Editor
For the first few issues of Loadstar, the editor went by the name of "Commodore Codey" - Does anybody know who this really was? (It's also interesting to note that these early issues had a space shuttle theme - programs were called "payload programs" - and there was a take off sound when loading...
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