> Duplicating disks in the 1980s and early 1990s was as good as printing money. It was unbelievably profitable.
I remember a little operation run out of Topeka, Kansas in the 80's called "Budget Bytes" that sold floppies with Macintosh shareware on them. I mean I could have downloaded some of the stuff over FTP from the university but you still needed a floppy to copy them on to.
So fun, poring over the news-print catalog of disks they had available, deciding which ones to order.
I assumed it was a Real Business™ at the time but in hindsight it was no doubt some entrepreneur copying floppies in his garage. I wish I had been as entrepreneurial at the time.
I remember a little operation run out of Topeka, Kansas in the 80's called "Budget Bytes" that sold floppies with Macintosh shareware on them. I mean I could have downloaded some of the stuff over FTP from the university but you still needed a floppy to copy them on to.
So fun, poring over the news-print catalog of disks they had available, deciding which ones to order.
I assumed it was a Real Business™ at the time but in hindsight it was no doubt some entrepreneur copying floppies in his garage. I wish I had been as entrepreneurial at the time.