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Here is the second, and probably final one tonight. I’m going to work on a spreadsheet of items so I’m not posting them one at a time.
Microsoft Windows 1.03, NEW* in box - $400 OBO
The * is that the disk package has not been opened, all manuals there and the original shrink wrap is there, but it has partially opened on the top. Check out the pictures.
For this one I’d still prefer Saint Louis but if you want me to ship it we can figure out shipping cost.
Ok, so I made a hard decision to start selling some of my retro collection. I love the whole collection, I just don’t have time for some of the stuff to do more than sit there.
First up is a Vectrex, along with 2 games, a multicart, a couple of overlays and a PiTrex. Asking $500 for someone that can pick it up in Saint Louis, MO. I don’t want to ship, but will consider it if I don’t get any pickup offers. Please send me a message if you are interested, first local wins.
I hope you’ll enjoy reading about this little known protocol and the people who made it and used it.
I’ve spent years researching it, fascinated by the idea that my beloved Atari ST had something like RIPscrip, but better in many ways, years earlier … but I didn’t know it back in the day.
Four parts of the series have been posted so far.
#RetroComputing #LongReads #atari #atarist #dev #gamedev #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #computers #textmode #textart #history #bbs #bbsing #igs
As a side note, I have not read a lot of WWII books, but maybe it was pretty random since I don’t have a lot of books in there.
Such a good answer I’m off to recreate my account 🙂 (3/3)
Ok, so I actually received a great response from Readwise about it. Still not great to see in the first place but I’m glad they took it seriously.
“Readwise founder here -- so sorry about that and thanks for letting us know. We've deleted that book from our candidate set for potential recommendations, it will never show up again for any user. (1/3)
Of course, we never intentionally meant to recommend it, our recommendations are based on Kindle books that Amazon considers "similar" to ones you've highlighted (maybe you've read a lot of WW2 books?), and must have somehow picked it up. These things are hard to get right when there are millions of books out there, and we're trying our best!”
This is classy for a couple of reasons. 1) not trying to dodge the issue, 2) gives a direct fix, 3) obviously got escalated appropriately. (2/3)
Edit: read thread for a great response on this. Leaving this here for history but very happy with their response.
Wow Readwise, this is not ok. I can officially say I do not recommend their service. (and the part about “based on my highlights” - I don’t see how my sci-fi / fantasy reading habits would ever lead them or anybody to recommend this. Maybe it’s because I read Starship Troopers lol? Anyway this quote is disgusting, do better Readwise.
Josh Renaud