Help! No Stuff

HELP !
NO STUFF ?

The FUN part of FINDING.


WHEN YOU CAN NOT FIND IT ON THE WEB, OR IN THE NET. IF IT IS OLD, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT AND DIG IT UP ! THIS IS HUNTING TREASURE AT IT'S BEST !

TREASURE HUNTS START AT A PLACE TO DIG. Major second hand donation centers [the Salvation Army, Goodwill Industries, Saint Vincent DePaul] process tons of "stuff" daily. Judging from their annual garbage bills a substantial portion of "stuff" is cycled through their respective "AS IS" department outlets on it's way to join the land fills. In general anything donated that can not be immediately recognized, identified and tested by "sorters" is sent hourly to "AS IS" and then on to the daily dump.

PIRATES AND ARCHEOLOGISTS ALWAYS FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THEIR DIGGING. There are people who as customers frequent these "AS IS" Outlets. Known by some as "Pickers" they pickup items for personal business, Flea Markets, Garage Sales, Auctions and Second Hand "Specialty" Shops. Some for personal interest, spare-parts, hobbies and entertainment.

FIND SEVERAL PERSONS WHO FREQUENT "AS IS DEPARTMENT OUTLETS" ON A REGULAR BASIS. Buy them coffee, set a price and give them a written description of what you want them to find ... and how to find you.

THIS STRATEGY REALLY DOES WORK ! A few years ago I needed MS Word For Dos Version 4.+. MY COST WAS BUS FARE, THREE HOURS, FOUR COFFEES, and $15.00. For this I received a full Box Copy of MS Windows For Dos Version 4.2, with disks and Hard Manuals, all documents and documentation, including the "Unsigned" Registration Form. From this I then became eligible to register and eventually convert to the current MS Word For Dos And Windows at a Substantial Discount. Net savings are far beyond what I could have afforded.

THE PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT AND ANTIQUE SOFTWARE

What Ever You Find; SHARE THE WEALTH, Preserve it now before it is gone; or someone else will have to dig for it again. In time only Archeologists will find it ! E-MAIL TREASURES YOU DIG UP TO SUPERADAPTOID:

adaptoid@teleport.com

Request instructions to foreward paper manuals and documentation. A good program is almost useless unless you know how to use it! Some Adaptive Software Programs come with both disk and paper manuals [which are the same text]. Manuals for major program applications [Microsoft, Wordperfect, Lotus, etc] may also have been converted to "disk".

See: Recordings For The Blind And Dyslexic.
http://www.rfbd.org/

In time our collection will be posted for FTP download. IN THE MEAN TIME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COPIES OF THE SIMPLE BATCH FILE Utilities, Com's, Bat's, And Exe's NOTED IN THIS ARTICLE SEND AN E-MAIL REQUEST TO

SUPERADAPTOID
adaptoid@teleport.com


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