Scored a ton of Apple Developer CDs on the cheap!

#1 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 - 04:17 68kMLA

I took a trip to a Goodwill (non Computer Works) today. I've been extremely lucky in the past at this specific store; I scored a working PB 170 with the 1 GB SCSI HD upgrade for $5 a year ago.

I take a look at the rack, and an Apple Developer CD catches my eye. And another, and another...

I ended buying about 15 for $1.49 each, and I got one for free because there was no price tag, and the Goodwill lady said since I was buying up all of the developer CDs, she would just give it to me for free. Best of all, some of them were the ones containing SSW. Didn't spot any other notable things, unfortunately.

Super happy!

#2 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 - 04:22 68kMLA

Wow that awesome JRL!

You plan on posting a list of which AD CDs they are?

#3 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 - 04:26 68kMLA

Thanks PowerPup!

Gonna post a list in a bit.

#4 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 - 04:37 68kMLA

Several people, I'm sure, and even my own humble person, would be interested in copies of these.

#5 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 - 04:41 68kMLA

Hmm... aren't most of the developer CDs on the web already, or am I mistaken?

Anyways, I'll try and see if I can make copies, but I thought that the .isos were on MacGUI.com already.

#6 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 - 15:43 68kMLA

Alright, list is:

Volume II: Phil and Dave's Excellent CD: The Release VErsion

January 1992: Winter of our Disk Content

Volume IX: Code Warrior

April 1992: Hex, Drives, and Videotape

June 1992: ROMin Holiday

July 1992: Butch ACSII and the Runtime Code

August 1992: Hack to the Future

September 1992: A ROM with a View

September 1993: Reference Library Edition

July 1993: System Software Edition

#7 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 - 18:46 68kMLA

Nice find indeed. The titles crack me up :lol:

There are some dev CDs online, but not that many. And there's sure to be some goodies in these as they're quite old ones, so isos of these would be very welcome.

#8 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 - 21:21 68kMLA

Well, I'll see what I can do. I haven't even tried them out though yet, so yeah.

#9 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 - 23:56 68kMLA

Hmm... aren't most of the developer CDs on the web already, or am I mistaken?

No, they're not. Hence why I asked.

Anyways, I'll try and see if I can make copies,

Thanks. I'd love to add them to the Vault collection.

#10 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 - 00:21 68kMLA

Sorry about that Dog Cow, just making sure.

And I know I'm gonna get shit on for this, but am I going to get in trouble for making .ISOs of these? :/

Besides, the only unique thing I see on the CDs so far is the System 7 Pro Beta installer. Everything else is already on the web.