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Bolkonskij
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on: October 24, 2024, 16:54
If you feel like me, the boxes that software was sold in and that you'd place on a shelf are something deeply connected to the hobby. A silent reminder of a decision once taken, of software readily available and waiting to be used and of manuals full of knowledge ... With most of these boxes and handbooks pushing 25+ years and having gone through numerous moves and home remodeling, they don't necessarily look good anymore. Or your software never came with it, because you bought it bare-bones. That's where replica box services come into the game. I'm just coming off a thread in a big German Amiga forum where they run batches of 60-100 replica boxes for various games. These look gorgeous. They often even come with replica manuals and disk labels for decent prices. Has anyone heard of such a service being offered for Macintosh stuff? Would you buy or are software boxes something of the past for you? |
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Last Edit: October 24, 2024, 16:59 by Bolkonskij
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MTT
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256 MB  Posts: 394 SSW7 Oldtimer
Reply #1 on: October 25, 2024, 07:15
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Not for me, this one. I like to get original boxes, with software and manuals included. Condition isn't that important, although there is a limit to the extent of deterioration to which I'd take into consideration. The replica service is news to me, and I haven't heard of a Macintosh equivalent.
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68040
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512 MB Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #2 on: October 25, 2024, 17:45
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Couldn't care less about the packaging. For me its the software, using it, feeling, reliving the code that counts. The endless hours those authors spend creating something gorgeous out of sheer nothingness. Everything else is just ballast (to me).
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #3 on: October 26, 2024, 15:47
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@68040's post encapsulates my feeling about boxes and the included "ballast".
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lauland
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512 MB Posts: 674 Symtes 7 Mewconer!
Reply #4 on: October 28, 2024, 04:57
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I used to be 100% with straight into the recycle bin, but I kept a handful that were particularly clever/nice for one reason or the other. Now when I've dug those up I wish I'd kept more! Realistically, it came/comes down to space to store them.
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ovalking
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128 MB Posts: 199
Reply #5 on: October 28, 2024, 11:34
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I keep boxes for everything. They just seem part of the whole package of a product to me. I only dispose of with the product. And even then I might repurpose a good box! Also there is some practical value.... ease of storage, keeping accessories together, a visual reminder of what you've got, handy for returns, adds value to sale items. Although that last reason is a bit weak - I rarely sell anything! However, I wouldn't go as far as buying replacement packaging!!
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cballero
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1024 MB Posts: 1176 System 7, today and forever
Reply #6 on: November 02, 2024, 14:42
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Hmm, mini software cases with an SD drive of sorts that would allow MicroSD to be auto-mountable, similar to Zip or Orb removable drives on actual or emulated Mac desktops.. now that would be really nice!  I'd imagine that a CompactFlash PCMCIA reader to SD card adapter might do the trick, right? then have these cases with whole libraries of software floppy, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, heck.. even Jazz or Orb disk images; ha ha, but then, I've never quite been the orthodox Mac user; always pushing that software envelope as far as it can go.. I picked up a 1.5TB MicroSD card for under $100 USD, that should take a good bit of software, but I dunno about partitioning it to be properly Mac sized; hmm, maybe even with a few key Mac rescue partitions for 68k up to PCC Macs.. I wonder how insane that might be to jimmy? MTT might have a fun time putting something like that together; although I know quite a number of folks here and the other Classic Macs sites could pull something like that off, of course, but with such diminutive storage becoming available, such contrivances are no longer the realm of fantasy, are they? 
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