Scarborough Systems' Your Personal Net Worth

[Gunstar]

I was just flipping through a September '85 issue of Family Computing when I came across this ad. Something I flipped right past 33 years ago, being a 17 year old who didn't give a damn about my net worth at the time, but this time it caught my eye, and then I became very interested when I noticed at the bottom of the picture of the box that it's for Atari 8-bits too!

 

Has anyone ever come across this in the wild? How about an ATR. of it on-line? I checked Atarimania, no luck, then thought I'd ask here...

Edited August 25, 2018 by Gunstar

[SS]

I cannot find mention of it anywhere. I am assuming that this was vaporware for Atari.

[+Allan]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Scarborough-System-Your-Personal-Net-Worth-Commodore-64-and-Atari-/272790163253

 

Allan

[SS]

Well, son of a biscuit! Looks like someone had better buy it and dump it.

[_The Doctor__]

I cannot find mention of it anywhere. I am assuming that this was vaporware for Atari.

no it's not vaporware..

[+Stephen]

Damn it. I was logging into hit buy it now, and it's gone.

[Gunstar]

Purchased, I will see about dumping it when it arrives.

[Gunstar]

I guess I beat you by about 1 second Stephen. I keep myself logged in on ebay...anyone who wants a copy will get one soon enough, I'll dump and scan and get it up on Atarimania. Of course I get the real coin, others can have a scan of it... Not that it will be leaving it's spot on the box.

Edited August 26, 2018 by Gunstar

[Farb]

There's some more information here:

 

http://a8preservation.com/#/software/title/2784

 

And attached are dumps of version 1.1. Although this version has copy protection, it was reported that a later version removed it.

ypnw.zip

[Gunstar]

There's some more information here:

 

http://a8preservation.com/#/software/title/2784

 

And attached are dumps of version 1.1. Although this version has copy protection, it was reported that a later version removed it.

I see that someone couldn't leave the 50 cent piece alone on the box they have pictured over there...kind of ruins the "preservation" a bit...

 

We'll see if I just bought v. 1.1 or if I have a later version...

Edited August 26, 2018 by Gunstar

[+Allan]

I guess I beat you by about 1 second Stephen. I keep myself logged in on ebay...anyone who wants a copy will get one soon enough, I'll dump and scan and get it up on Atarimania. Of course I get the real coin, others can have a scan of it... Not that it will be leaving it's spot on the box.

Let me know when you get a chance to copy and scan it and I will add it to the Atarimania database.

 

I almost bought it before I posted the link but I already got about thirty 8-bit programs in the mail to archive. It's going to be a busy Fall.

 

Allan

[Gunstar]

Let me know when you get a chance to copy and scan it and I will add it to the Atarimania database.

 

I almost bought it before I posted the link but I already got about thirty 8-bit programs in the mail to archive. It's going to be a busy Fall.

 

Allan

[+Roydea6]

[Farb]

I see that someone couldn't leave the 50 cent piece alone on the box they have pictured over there...kind of ruins the "preservation" a bit...

 

I simply took a photo of the package as I received it from eBay. If yours ends up being more pristine, I'd appreciate it if you could submit a scan of it to use on the site instead of what is up there now.

[Gunstar]

 

I simply took a photo of the package as I received it from eBay. If yours ends up being more pristine, I'd appreciate it if you could submit a scan of it to use on the site instead of what is up there now.

I didn't think you guys did it. I guess the original owner's net worth was zero after buying the program, so they removed the 5) cent coin to improve that.

 

From the ebay pictures it looks like my copy still has a 50 cent coin on it, but, it also looks badly creased, so you're probably better off just gluing another 50 cent coin on the box you got and re-shooting the picture.

Edited August 26, 2018 by Gunstar

[ivop]

The coin looks like an Eisenhower dollar from 1978.

 

Edit: zoom

 

Edited August 26, 2018 by ivop

[Gunstar]

Yeah, I didn't look close, just assumed it was a 50 cent piece. A silver dollar is even better!

[+Ripdubski]

I was just flipping through a September '85 issue of Family Computing when I came across this ad. Something I flipped right past 33 years ago, being a 17 year old who didn't give a damn about my net worth at the time, but this time it caught my eye, and then I became very interested when I noticed at the bottom of the picture of the box that it's for Atari 8-bits too!

 

Has anyone ever come across this in the wild? How about an ATR. of it on-line? I checked Atarimania, no luck, then thought I'd ask here...

 

Late to reply, but I have a copy in my bookshelf. It was intended to be covered in an upcoming Inverse ATASCII episode.