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Softdisk plays a pretty pivotal role in pc gaming history. Sure, shareware and forum downloads over Hayes and Volksmodems was a distribution channel, but I als
by mwexler 6y ago
Softdisk plays a pretty pivotal role in pc gaming history. Sure, shareware and forum downloads over Hayes and Volksmodems was a distribution channel, but I also recall the excitement when a new copy of Softdisk showed up. The publishing arm, same name, outlasted the magazine and gave a platform to some amazing games.
Pretty good stuff coming from the tech wastelands of north Louisiana in the 80s.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk
- pizza234 6y agoCarmack also was a programmer at Softdisk. It is detailed in Masters of Doom. If memory serves me well, at some point, he and other programmers were "unofficially borrowing" the company equipment during the weekends, then bringing it back early on Monday morning. They were caught at the end :-)