[game_preservation] Collecting non-game software

[Andrew Armstrong]

The contributions page might have somewhere near-ish: 
http://wiki.igda.org/Game_Preservation_SIG/Contributions

Almost every archive on there is non-game specific, and simply said 
"We'll certainly listen if anyone has anything to offer" (and more so 
for developer material which was the aim of the list). In fact some 
really don't put an emphasis on videogame stuff at all.

Andrew

On 08/04/2010 18:41, Henry E Lowood wrote:

> Mike,

>

> We collect software generally, though not everything. In fact, we started collecting software history before we started the games project.  We do have several collections related to multimedia (Warner Interactive, Voyager, not games per se), and we also focus on Silicon Valley as a region.  If what you have does not seem like a fit to our collection, I can suggest other repositories.

>

> Henry

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Mike Melanson"<mike at multimedia.cx>

> To: "IGDA Game Preservation SIG"<game_preservation at igda.org>

> Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 7:59:56 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific

> Subject: [game_preservation] Collecting non-game software

>

> Not exactly on-topic, but I thought members might be able to give some

> leads.

>

> Sometime ago, I liberated a bunch of multimedia-related software

> packages (originating from many sources) from my company (itself a

> multimedia software company that was then purchased by a larger

> multimedia software company). I'm planning to photograph and write some

> blog posts about the software. But afterwards, does anyone have any idea

> where it should go? Does anyone collect general software vs.

> gaming/entertainment software, or know of a group that does?

>

> Thanks...

>

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