*Bump*

Still wish I could buy a copy of this again.

i really think it's going to be difficult to track it down now, i had to look it up.

you'd need to find someone who bought it or check collections & cover disks in case it was ever freely released as full version

for anyone interested: https://technicallywewrite.com/2023/08/20/galaxy
and in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bOxx8HxJ4U

This archive has not only version 2.4 but also 3.01. It's still only the shareware version, but it might take care of that truncated files issue (haven't checked).

Heads up, if you decide to stick with the shareware release then you might run into a bug where if you run it ~32k (INT16_MAX) times then the eval counter will wrap around and cause the program to hang on shutdown. Delete the .ini to start fresh.

i have somewhere at home several versions, since as a kid most of my papers were written in it. i can tell you what versions I have tonight. (tho i think all shareware versions)

all I had was shareware 3 🙁 I think i did all my stuff in v2... i was sure i had more..

Greetings!

I gave up trying to email people that are relatives of the author. After a lot of searching it appears that he passed away sometime about a decade ago with noone to pickup the work. Family hasn't responded to several emails. It's all been radio silence.

So. I managed to stumble across a commercial version of Galaxy 3.01 still shrink wrapped and purchased it for a bit too much. The manuals are rather lovely. I've managed to get the disks imaged so they read now and I've made fresh disks, then dd'd them to actual floppies and installed it on my XT of awesomeness and am re-living my past typing stuff for dad I guess when I was a kid.

Wherever I looked online, there was the crippled and shareware version.

So.. I'm soliciting advice. Should I put it online given everywhere only seems to have the shareware version from about 1988 or 1990?

I don't want to do the wrong thing, but do get that this thing is extremely scarce (10+ years of searching for it).

Thanks in advance.

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Works not meeting these criteria must not be submitted to VOGONS. In particular, “abandonware” is not allowed on VOGONS. Donate commercially unavailable copyrighted works of historical interest to the Internet Archive or to a local library or museum.

If you do don't post links to it here or hint on how to acquire it.

I definitely don't want to get Vogons ..or anyone really in trouble.

uridium wrote on 2025-01-02, 03:43:

Greetings!

I gave up trying to email people that are relatives of the author. After a lot of searching it appears that he passed away sometime about a decade ago with noone to pickup the work. Family hasn't responded to several emails. It's all been radio silence.

So. I managed to stumble across a commercial version of Galaxy 3.01 still shrink wrapped and purchased it for a bit too much. The manuals are rather lovely. I've managed to get the disks imaged so they read now and I've made fresh disks, then dd'd them to actual floppies and installed it on my XT of awesomeness and am re-living my past typing stuff for dad I guess when I was a kid.

its good to read that you managed to find a copy after a long search 😀 some things are special to us individually, glad you got to experience it again

DosFreak wrote on 2025-01-02, 03:59:

ucp.php?mode=terms

Donate commercially unavailable copyrighted works of historical interest to the Internet Archive

If you do don't [...] hint on how to acquire it.

So am I reading this right, simply stating "I have followed the rules and donated [the work] to the Internet Archive" would not be allowed? Gotta love these forums.

It says donate not participate in distribution of.

gerry wrote on 2025-01-02, 10:17:

uridium wrote on 2025-01-02, 03:43:

its good to read that you managed to find a copy after a long search 😀 some things are special to us individually, glad you got to experience it again

Hi Gerry.. indeed this guy was very special to me though a younger me would probably say good riddance for all the hours I was in front of it.

Indeed. I really don't want to do the wrong thing by the site. So yep. I dearly wish there was some sort of copy-write expiry or such... or better a register people could say "after this date, I release the copy-write for people to do as they will" which would be handy if they die etc. Sort of a living will for software, or even "you can still get a copy but please donate to XYZ charity etc.." That'd be great 😀