I think I found out part of the mystery.
Brøderbund seemed to move their offices from San Rafael to Novato sometime around 1991-1992. The disk labels have their address on there.
The theory about year arises from BannerMania. My old BannerMania disk that I've had for a while has a blue label with the old address. The newer disk I got in February not only has a newer label, a different coloured disk, and the new address, but also seems to be a newer version. The date and time on "About BannerMania" from the Apple menu are different.
If anyone knows when Brøderbund moved, let me know!
Sure miss the old Brøderbund stuff...whoever owns it now needs to carbonize all the oldies for OS X...and I mean the original stuff, not these new modern overly-glitzy Print Shops, Kid Pixes, and Carmen Sandiegos that emphasize form over function...I read a review of Kid Pix (the new version) in either MacWorld or MacLife/MacAddict a few years ago and let me tell you, it looked nothing like the old familiar Kid Pix we 68K vets know and love.
Brøderbund seemed to move their offices from San Rafael to Novato sometime around 1991-1992. The disk labels have their address on there.
The theory about year arises from BannerMania. My old BannerMania disk that I've had for a while has a blue label with the old address. The newer disk I got in February not only has a newer label, a different coloured disk, and the new address, but also seems to be a newer version. The date and time on "About BannerMania" from the Apple menu are different.
If anyone knows when Brøderbund moved, let me know!
Sure miss the old Brøderbund stuff...whoever owns it now needs to carbonize all the oldies for OS X...and I mean the original stuff, not these new modern overly-glitzy Print Shops, Kid Pixes, and Carmen Sandiegos that emphasize form over function...I read a review of Kid Pix (the new version) in either MacWorld or MacLife/MacAddict a few years ago and let me tell you, it looked nothing like the old familiar Kid Pix we 68K vets know and love.