OWLS. DO NOT COPY.

I have no idea what's on this disk or where I got it from 🦉 so this seems like a great place to start!

Okay we're starting with a banger (volume up!)

So this is a HyperCard stack created by the University of Victoria and IBIS Software (and it looks like a prerelease version, which is why they didn't want it copied) about the Owls of Vancouver Island!

It has pages for six different types of owls, and for each one you can see a map of their range, notes about their habits, notes on how to identify one, and an audio clip of that specific owl's call.

Then there's a quiz at the end where you have to match the owl's call to the correct owl.

I don't remember this at all! But it's definitely getting archived!

I've created a new folder on my GlobalTalk public share called "Disk Images" where you can find the archived disks!

I'll put them on the Garden later as that requires taking screenshots, capturing the author information and whatnot.

Next up: a set of System 7.0 install disks, and two copies of a HyperCard Program disk. They all have the "7" branding and are all high density disks.

Of course, they're already archived, so nothing for me to do here other than verify if they work or not. They all seem to (but Disk Tools made some funny noises).

These three disks are entitled "Games 1", "Games 2", and "Games 3". And they all have their quirks.

The "Games 1" disk seemed to work fine, but Disk Copy would get read errors when I tried to image it in DC4.2 format. On a whim I then tried DC6 format and it worked fine...so then I removed the disk and used the Convert function to convert the DC6 image to DC4.2.

It has a bunch of super-old games, a few of which crash my IIfx when I try to launch them. I suspect they need System 6 or earlier, might not be 32-bit addressing compatible. Note to self - try these on the SE later.

I _think_ these disks came from my aunt, who used to own a Mac LC that she bought second-hand.

The "Games 2" disk reads fine, but every file on the disk is individually compressed with DiskDoubler 😧 so that'll be annoying to try what's on there.

The "Games 3" disk is the same as "Games 2" in that everything is DD-compressed, but it also seems to duplicate some of the games from "Games 1". Weird.

Anyway, the images are saved to my GlobalTalk share. I assume these games are all archived already, but I'll double check the Garden to see if anything is missing.

Alright - I've identified the games from the disks that weren't archived, and have uploaded them to the Garden (following a lot of testing on Infinite Mac since even System 6 was too new for some of them):

Fire Zone - https://macintoshgarden.org/games/fire-zone
Mac Pong - https://macintoshgarden.org/games/mac-pong
Space Artillery - https://macintoshgarden.org/games/space-artillery
MacFlip - https://macintoshgarden.org/games/macflip

and the one you've all been waiting for,

Owls of Vancouver Island - https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/owls-of-vancouver-island

This is a copy of the Apple CD-ROM Setup disk that came with an AppleCD 300e drive, which my Dad bought for our IIfx back around 1993 or 1994.

It's slightly newer (5.0.1) than the copy on the Garden (which only has version 4.0.2). However just like the copy on the Garden, it is incomplete, and is missing the corresponding QuickTime floppy. It's possible that floppy will show up later, though.

Anyway, for now it's on my GlobalTalk share in the disk images folder.

Next up we have "The NetPICT Disk". It looks like this disk originally came bundled with a book called "Live Wired" (read here: https://archive.org/details/mac_Live_Wired_Networking_Made_Simple_1993/mode/2up)

I don't have the book that it goes with though, so I'm not sure where I originally acquired this disk from.

This is an interesting one, though. It comes with a whole bunch of PICT files showing off stacks for various Mac networking hardware, software, and protocols. I opened up a few that may be of interest to #GlobalTalk folks and took a screenshot.

It also comes with a HyperCard stack that supposedly lets you view the PICTs, but I couldn't get it to work - so I just used good ol' MacDrawPro.

I couldn't find this one on the Garden either, so I'll see about getting it uploaded there later today. For now, it's on my GlobalTalk share in the disk images folder.

DinoPark Tycoon! I played the heck out of this game with my brother as a kid. It's a simulation game in a similar vein to SimCity, only you're building and running a theme park full of dinosaurs. It's loads of fun 🦖

These disks are for version 1.2 - the Garden only has the 1.1 disks and the 1.2 CD version, so I guess I'll need to upload these there as well? I'm not sure how important preserving the correct media is when they already have the same version available, but it won't hurt.

Mario Teaches Typing! Another game I played a lot as a kid (we had this at both home and at school). Let's face it, having Mario teach you how to type is much, much cooler than Mavis Beacon 😂

The Garden has version 1.3.1 but does not have the floppy images at all, only a pre-installed copy.

These are the original v1.0 floppies, so they'll be imaged now and uploaded later tonight!

This disk, I think, is another one that came from my aunt's LC. And just like it says on the label it comes with a copy of Crystal Crest, Strapeo, and Carmen's World.

Or rather, it comes with a copy of Crystal Quest, Stratego, and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego 😂

I checked the versions of each and they're the same as what's archived on the Garden already, so no need to archive this disk.

Next up is Scrabble Deluxe. I got this for my 9th birthday, I think? A little over 30 years ago now 😅

The Garden has this (and the same version), but it looks like they only have one of the three disks. So I'll make sure these get archived and uploaded later tonight as well.

"The Mac Shareware 500" is a book that reviews 500 different pieces of Macintosh shareware. And it comes with a number of companion disks full of wonderful shareware for you to play with as well!

I remember buying this from the bookstore as a kid and being super excited because it also came with software 😂 Still have the book in my collection too!

You'll notice that it reads "4 diskettes enclosed" in the top right corner of the book, but there's only two here (labelled 1 of 2 and 2 of 2). The two 1.44MB disks here are from the second edition of the book, the first edition contained 4 800k disks. I am still tracking down the 800k disks from the first edition...they're in another box, I think.

Surprisingly, I can't find this collection on the Garden either, so it's going to get archived/uploaded as well. I'm making a lot of work for myself with this project and we're only 1/4 through the first box of disks! 😅

Oh - and despite the labelling, disk 2 doesn't _just_ contain AOL, it's got other goodies as well.

Alright, the Garden's been updated with today's archiving efforts:

Mario Teaches Typing - v1.0 install disks added: https://macintoshgarden.org/games/mario-teaches-typing
DinoPark Tycoon - v1.2 install disks added: https://macintoshgarden.org/games/dinopark-tycoon
Scrabble Deluxe - v1.0 install disks added: https://macintoshgarden.org/games/scrabble-deluxe
AppleCD 300 - v5.0.1 install disk added: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/applecd-300300i-cd-rom-software
The NetPICT Disk - new upload: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/the-netpict-disk
The Mac Shareware 500 - new upload: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/the-mac-shareware-500

Today's #MARCHintosh archiving effort is this pile of 12 disks. These disks come from my local Macintosh User Group, VMUG, that Dad and I used to attend back in the day.

At the monthly meetings, they would sell a "disk of the month" or "DOM" for $5.00. We bought a few back in the day, if the disk had any goodies we were interested in.

They're archived on my #GlobalTalk share in the "GlobalTalk Public -> Disk Images -> VMUG DOMs" folder.

I expect most of the individual apps to be archived on the Garden already, but I'll double check and of course upload anything that may be missing. I'm not going to bother uploading these compilations as-is there, though.

Spent the last hour updating a bunch of apps on Macintosh Garden with missing versions.

These are all apps that already had pages on the Garden, with at least one version uploaded. I still have another 19 apps to upload that don't have a page on the Garden yet at all, those are going to be a bit more effort 😅

All of the below are sourced from the VMUG disks I imaged a couple days ago:

- CDIconKiller 1.3.1
- Click, there it is! 1.0.6
- Copland WDEF 1.0d7
- Fallacy Tutorial 1.3
- FileBuddy 3.1.1
- FindText 1.3.2
- Folder Icon Maker 1.2
- GifBuilder 0.4
- HoverBar 0.9
- Menuette 2.01
- Møire 3.02
- MooMooEncode 1.5
- MPj Astro 1.2
- PlugMaster 1.4.1
- PowerBar Pro 2.0
- Program Switcher 4.0.0
- SimpleText Color Menu 2.0
- SmartKeys 3.0
- Smashing Windows 1.02MW
- SoundApp 2.0
- TechTool 1.0.6
- Tex-Edit Plus 1.7
- The DiskTools Collection 3.3.2
- URL Manager 1.2v7

#MARCHintosh