Some-one gave me a small stash of very old software - mostly mostly for Commodore 64/128 vintage.
For me, this has no value whatsoever.
This stuff is so old it may have value to a wild-eyed collector.
Should I trash it or try to find a home for 8 bit software for the Commodore?
Cobaka
собака --> это Русский --> an old dog
"so-baka" (not "co", as in coast or crib).
May get a surprise, about what you could get for it, by offering it on E-Bay.
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The things you do not tell us, are usually the clue to fixing the problem.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be older.
This is not what I expected 
Find a home! There are people (lots of retro gamers) into Commodore machines and are always looking for original software.
This site takes donated Commodore 64/128 software -> https://www.c64.com/
https://retrogames.biz/thec64
https://commodore.software/
Is it public domain software yet? If not, who owns the rights? It might be worth something if it's not public domain.
@bigpup @rockedge
I looked on eBay. I never imagined that 8-bit software would still be used and in demand.
@Flash
The software is commercial - software sold in computer shops (and so on).
"Where in the World is Carmen Santiago?" or "Manage your finances on a Commodore 128" and so on.
I'd say it's still covered by copyright - it would be 35 to 40 years old. I'm fairly sure that copyright lasts for at least 50 years here in AU.
I think I'll take bigpup's advice. I'll find some interested party on eBay.
The trick will be to know whether the disks are readable. Hmmm ....
cobaka
собака --> это Русский --> an old dog
"so-baka" (not "co", as in coast or crib).
KryoFlux is a program that can dump the raw data from the disks. I have read that there has been success retrieving the Commadore 64 software from these type of disks using KryoFlux.
I don't know much about yet but it looks promising.
Hello @rockedge (and others)
I wish to keep my involvement in disposing of these items to a minimum.
I have experience with building/maintaining small systems and I know that work demands more resources than I am prepared to expend on the 6502/Commodore.
I have a handful of 8-bit 8085 systems here - and I'm giving them away too.
This system - based on software from a business that 'died' in 1978 is (without doubt) a very sophisticated 8-bit system.
I would say it was the most sophisticated 8 bit system every sold. I have the code for the OS. It is clearly based on Unix/Linux; The design of the filing system shows that. There are no devices - only files. The OS code and the implementation of system calls shows that. This is a significant piece of computing history; as for me, I intend to focus my attention on the present not the late 70s. If I took the trouble to maintain this, who would be interested? In the whole world about a dozen people, I think.
It has, perhaps, some role in the world of education. 8 bit systems are simple enough for a single (newbie) mind to understand. There, everything can be understood. The instruction set is comprehensible. The OS doesn't 'hide' the system architecture from the individual. Larger systems, such as we see with Linux, demand a great deal of knowledge - too much for a newbie to comprehend from scratch.
I'm off the read more about the debacle in Ukraine.
I thought this situation ending in 1945, or perhaps the early 1960.
I was wrong. I'm holding my breath.
Cobaka.
собака --> это Русский --> an old dog
"so-baka" (not "co", as in coast or crib).