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IMPORTANT NOTE - READ FIRST
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This page contains information only ... with the following explanation being paraphrased (with permission) from the CLASP page of the Internet Archive. Although this was written to apply to the CLASP preservation project, that project and mine are at virtually identical places ... a searchable archive of those titles which have been preserved, but no downloads are possible. As such, I have secured their permission (with proper attribution) to utilize much of their explanation to explain my own.
This site was originally created to help permanently archive classic, obsolete TRS-80 software, spanning from 1977 through the mid 1980's.
These programs would otherwise be in danger of being lost forever, because they're stored on fragile magnetic media, which has a life of anywhere between 10 and 30 years. Therefore, I have been working to acquire copies of TRS-80 software and making copies of these rapidly decaying floppy discs and tapes.
While I continue in this quest, the resulting data is currently locked away for safekeeping, until the copyright expires.
Many people seem to be upset that this software is not available for download but it is important to note, notwithstanding their feelings, obsolete software still has rigorous copyright standards applied to it. But by the time copyright does expire, these important digital artefacts won't exist anywhere in their original form, which is why I am privately archiving now. One particular company who has a rodent mascot has been lobbying congress each time the rodent was about to fall into the public domain, and Congress has been extending the copyright length across the board, each time, to compensate. At this point, it would take another 50 years for the copyrights to lapse, and there is NO chance that the TRS-80 disks and tapes will survive that long.
This page is a public database (including basic information, disc scans, screen shots, ads, etc.) of each piece of successfully archived TRS-80 software, so progress can be documented.
If you have any TRS-80 disks lying around, you are encouraged to please email me so that I can attempt to extract the data before the disks are no longer readable.
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