Sorry for the daft question, but

sut · 07 April 2005, 20:50

Sorry for asking this question as it has probably been answered but i've scoured the CAPS website & this forum to no avail.

I'll use Aladdin as an example, this game has a manual protection method (eg what word is on page xx column xx etc) I know that the game disks are preserved but when it comes to the point we actually want to play the game and we don't have the manual protection (eg It was purchased second hand without it, or it has been lossed) how can we play it ? So although the game is preserved there is no way of actually playing it ? So would this be preserving something we cannot use in the future when the intention of games is to play.

Apologies if I am being completely dumb. By the way I do think CAPS is a cracking project and hope it continues and the Atari ST & PC games join also, but just would like a response to my question.

Thanks

bippym · 07 April 2005, 21:01

When the manuals/box art etc.. is scanned and uploaded then the CAPS team will send off to contributors and sooner or later it'll turn up somewhere public!

jmmijo · 07 April 2005, 22:13

Yeppers, Bippy says it best on this one, I'm sure the manual and all the scans will eventually turn up and be released altogether

Codetapper · 07 April 2005, 22:26

For the mean time, use the WHDLoad installs of the CAPS images to actually play the games...

fiath · 08 April 2005, 14:12

Couldn't have put it better

Thanks all.

07 April 2005, 20:50	#1
sut Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: England Age: 34 Posts: 87	Sorry for the daft question, but Sorry for asking this question as it has probably been answered but i've scoured the CAPS website & this forum to no avail. I'll use Aladdin as an example, this game has a manual protection method (eg what word is on page xx column xx etc) I know that the game disks are preserved but when it comes to the point we actually want to play the game and we don't have the manual protection (eg It was purchased second hand without it, or it has been lossed) how can we play it ? So although the game is preserved there is no way of actually playing it ? So would this be preserving something we cannot use in the future when the intention of games is to play. Apologies if I am being completely dumb. By the way I do think CAPS is a cracking project and hope it continues and the Atari ST & PC games join also, but just would like a response to my question. Thanks

08 April 2005, 14:12	#5
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 35 Posts: 1,925	Couldn't have put it better Thanks all. __________________ S.P.S. - The Software Preservation Society http://www.softpres.org

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07 April 2005, 21:01	#2
bippym Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 37 Posts: 8,142	When the manuals/box art etc.. is scanned and uploaded then the CAPS team will send off to contributors and sooner or later it'll turn up somewhere public!

07 April 2005, 22:13	#3
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 51 Posts: 2,339	Yeppers, Bippy says it best on this one, I'm sure the manual and all the scans will eventually turn up and be released altogether

07 April 2005, 22:26	#4
Codetapper Moderator Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Age: 38 Posts: 2,476	For the mean time, use the WHDLoad installs of the CAPS images to actually play the games...

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