Tenna Lotor

@tenna

A critter on the internet

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A techie critter and casual streamer in their mid-twenties with interests in webhosting. Known for running web servers on things that shouldn't run web servers, turning others into similar looking blue raccoons, and being a little bit bigger than average.

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Tenna Lotor @tenna4/20/2023, 10:57 PM

Tenna Lotor @tenna

Tenna Lotor @tenna4/20/2023, 10:02 PM

decided to go to the thrift store on a whim and. I had to take this home

is it useless since the activation servers are gone? yes. is everything in it already on the internet archive? probably. but I think it’s just a neat thing to have tbh

#useless thrift shop finds

Tenna Lotor @tenna4/20/2023, 10:57 PM

so there was actually worth to this beyond just having it and saying i have a genuine license to use, uh... 18 year old software - there's a 109 page softcover book inside that goes over how to create things with the software, and i'm not able to find it archived.

........which then begs the question, how does one go about archiving a book?

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@kyogi4/20/2023, 11:31 PM

There's something magical about when software came with manuals and actual guides on how to use it as a tool. I remember saving up for a Game Programming Starter Kit bundle and honestly thr most valuable part was not the bundled Visual C++ or programming book PDFs, but a full-sized book that was interviews, code, and pictures from actual gamedevs - like Blizzard, iD, and Activision circa 2000.

So about book preservation, you'll want to look for a place that has a book scanner, preferably like what the Internet Archive folks use so it doesn't damage the binding of the book. College/university libraries and some larger public library branches may be able to help you out. Ask a librarian and they'll probably be happy to point you in the right direction.