[game_preservation] hard copy of original Oregon Trail mainframe code?

[Henry Lowood]

Matt,

Devin reported to the SIG not long ago that he had access to it, but 
there is a discrepancy in dates.  Here is what he said:

"BTW, what's the status on Preserving Virtual Worlds II? Aren't you 
working with the Oregon Trail? I've already got an interview from Don 
Rawitsch and the source code for the 1973 version, but I still need to 
contact his associates... Geez, it's been almost a year!"

He writes 1973, so I'm not entirely sure you are talking about the same 
version.

Anyway, you and Devin will figure it out.

Henry


On 1/30/2011 7:40 PM, Matthew Kirschenbaum wrote:

> Does anyone know the whereabouts of the hard copy of the original

> (1971) Oregon Trail mainframe code? Its existence, but not its fate

> (printed "on a long roll of yellow computer paper"), is detailed here:

> http://www.citypages.com/content/printVersion/1740595/

>

> I'd love for someone to tell me it's safe in a Minnesota historical

> society somewhere. Matt

>

>


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