what computer setups did you buy and NOT buy ANY software for

[carmel_andrews]

Like it says on the tin, did you buy any computer setups (new or used) and NOT buy ANY software for that system

 

 

Here's mine

 

BBC (i think model B, dunno though) loaned from a shop while they were fixing my speccy

 

Apple II clone (blew it up within 20 mins of getting it home)

 

MSX (can't remember what model), came bundled with 2 tapes but did'nt buy any more (gave it away eventually after 3 days)

 

Amstrad CPC 484 (with green scr. monitor) came with small amsoft games pack but bought no more (gave that away shortly after buying it)

 

C64 (plus oldie style commodore drive) didn't buy any programs as I borrowed my brothers ones (he was more into the c64 then i was)

 

Memotech MTX 512 came with small games and software pack....did'nt bother adding to it, sold it shortly afterwards

 

Anyone with anymore

Edited February 3, 2010 by carmel_andrews

[Cebus Capucinis]

Why would you buy a bunch of computer setups and then not actually.....use them?

[zylon]

None. The 2 that I bought, I bought lots of software for. c64, vic20. The ti994/a was free but haven't found anything for it yet. Why would anyone buy a system and no programs unless they're built-in?

[monzamess]

I have a friend, uh, yeah that's it, a friend, back in the day, who didn't buy software but somehow managed to have a bunch of it around, for several popular systems...

[Cebus Capucinis]

I have a friend, uh, yeah that's it, a friend, back in the day, who didn't buy software but somehow managed to have a bunch of it around, for several popular systems...

 

Wow! I think we both knew that same fellow!

[atarian63]

dont know about any but Xbox was close for me. 3 titles, I hated that machine and controllers.

[JamesD]

I picked up an Aquarius system cheap and it came with one game. I never bought any more and I'll probably sell it.

 

Apple III. I picked it up with DOS and some apps for it all at once. Nothing else to buy for it really. Another system

I'll probably sell.

 

I have three Timex Sinclair computers (1000, 1500, 2068) and I doubt I'll buy any software for them.

 

I have an Oric 1 and an Oric Atmos but no software other than the demo tape that came with one. I doubt I'll buy software but I'll probably download some once I get a monitor working with them. Cool little machines!

 

I picked up a Spectrum +2 for $12 (shipped from the UK!) but don't have any software for it besides the Donkey Kong cassette that came in it.

 

I have 2 MSX machines (1 a TurboR) but no software. I will definitely try to buy a few games for them.

[Ross PK]

To anyone asking why would anyone buy a system and then not buy any games for it, well, they may have bought a second hand system that already has a lot of games with it.

[Reaperman]

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• well, there's c64--I own two of them, but not one piece of software. I have a floppy drive and one of those sd drives, but so far I haven't even been motivated enough to steal software for it much less purchase any. Heck, it even came with a stack of pirated floppies that I threw away.
  
• Coleco Adam. Not only do I not own any Adam software, I don't actually have any colecovision carts for it either, and I believe I've powered it on all of once.
  
• TI-99/4a. I bought it because it was in the box. I took it out of the box, marveled at how clean it was, and promptly put it back in the box.
  

Edited February 3, 2010 by Reaperman

[carmel_andrews]

in response to Ben's comment

 

I didn't buy anything for the beeb as it wasn't mine

 

the Apple II, well that's an obvious one

 

MSX, wasn't really impressed with the software that came with the system

 

Amstrad, priorities changed and the games didn't look that good on a green screen monitor

 

C64, didn't need to buy any games as my brother was more into the c64 (but i had more A8 stuff)

 

Memotech, couldn't find anywhere that sold any memotech software (though apparently there was a speccy emulator available for that system)

 

Hope that answers your query ben

[Cebus Capucinis]

More power to ya carmel, just seems sort of odd to me!

[carmel_andrews]

well ben, things cost money and unless you have a rich sugardaddy or have the earning capacity of a city trader (banker type)/lawyer/accountant type, one can't be expected to support every system they own

[AtariLeaf]

Well when we first bought our coco in 83 or 84 it was because friends of ours had one and they offered to give us copies of all the software he had. Back then the idea of piracy was foreign to me. In my mind it was like making copies of your favorite record on cassette tape for your friends. I did end up buying a lot of software for the coco but I had disk caddys full of blank copies of just about every coco game and app under the sun.

 

Now I have about 45 coco carts but I use drivewire to get all kinds of old software and games that I don't own onto my coco

[Seob]

Only have a ti 99/4a, because it was cheap. Didn't come with software. Haven't found any for it, since i want to size down to just consoles.

[BydoEmpire]

A friend of mine gave me both of his Atari 520STs along with a few discs, but I never bought any software for it.

[+wood_jl]

Commodore 64.

 

SD card for drive.

 

Got it last year.

 

Software all over the net.

[darthkur]

I have a few like that, unfortunately.

 

Commodore Plus/4

Commodore 16

Commodore PET

Amstrad CPC464

Panasonic JR-200U

 

For the first two I have a boatload of downloaded software but I don't possess the necessary specific knowledge of how to transfer them. Same deal with the PET, although with a much smaller amount of games, of coarse. I've tried to copy wav. files of CPC464 games to tapes but have not had any luck with getting them to work. As for the JR-200U, the software is just too scarce and pricey when found. There does not appear to be any source of downloadable material for it either.

[Ze_ro]

So we're talking about computers we hated? Or are we talking about computers where we pirated all the software we have? Or are we talking about computers where we simply wrote all our own software using BASIC or whatever?

 

I'm pretty sure I have software for all my computers... though in the case of the A8 and TI-99/4a, all I have is cartridges... and I only have one game for my Atari ST, and that's because my brother accidentally bought it thinking it was the Amiga version (it doesn't say ANYWHERE on the box what it's for... at first we thought the disk was corrupt).

 

--Zero

[CGQuarterly]

I have had a Commodore 64 since around 1995 and still don't have any software for it. At some point I would like to get some, though.

 

Chris

[kool kitty89]

I've got a Vic-20 I got at a garage sale for $5 a month or so ago which I don't have any software for yet.

[S1500]

The Amiga 500 I bought/traded for in '96. Think I just got a 2nd floppy drive for it so I can switch between Workbench & other disks.

[nonner242]

• well, there's c64--I own two of them, but not one piece of software. I have a floppy drive and one of those sd drives, but so far I haven't even been motivated enough to steal software for it much less purchase any. Heck, it even came with a stack of pirated floppies that I threw away.
• Coleco Adam. Not only do I not own any Adam software, I don't actually have any colecovision carts for it either, and I believe I've powered it on all of once.
• TI-99/4a. I bought it because it was in the box. I took it out of the box, marveled at how clean it was, and promptly put it back in the box.

 

 

I buy the SD Drive from ya.

Im getting a 128 in a day or two.

Have not had a working 64 i years...I hope my disks still work.

[LoTonah]

Well, I'm not going to talk about systems that I have for my collection, 'cause that's not really the same thing. Why buy a lot of software for a museum piece (and plus, sooo many images online).

 

When they were new, that's a different story:

 

My Coleco Adam. I wasn't even in High School yet, so no money. I got a few ColecoVision games for birthdays and Christmas. The only program I actually paid money for was Dragon's Lair.

My Amiga 500. I bought Marble Madness, Empire, and Modula 2. I quickly got sick of doing the floppy shuffle, and hated programming for it. Traded straight across for an Atari 520STfm with a monochrome monitor. That was my primary system for about 5 years after that, and loved it every step of the way. Only sold it 'cause I got a job where I needed to do some Borland Pascal 7 programming so I bought a 486.

 

Don't worry, now I own both several Amigas and Atari ST machines.

[iratanam]

When I purchased the C-64 when it first came out I never bought 1 piece of software for it. Between the local Commodore User Group and friends almost everything I had was from the EagleSoft Cracking Group seems like. I did buy a Fastload Cartridge for it but that was only so I could mod it to have the reset switch. But as far as all the other Disk and Cart Software that was available everything I had at the time was all pirated copies.