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Is r12 still worth anything to anyone?

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Anonymous
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Is r12 still worth anything to anyone?

Greetings everyone. I'm curious about something...

I've been going through all my old computer stuff and came across my very
own copy of AutoCAD Release 12c2. It's on 5.25" floppy disks, and I think
it's for DOS (I can't remember off-hand). I used it in college on my home
computer, and it worked perfectly for doing my design thesis drawings. It's
still in the original brown box that it was shipped in, and also has all the
manuals, etc in their boxes....

Is this stuff worth anything today? Are there "collectors" or even users of
older AutoCAD versions? Should I post it somewhere for sale? For how much?
Or is it just a pile of garbage and I should toss it into the dumpster?

Thanks for any insight.

Dave
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

You aren't allowed to sell it for commercial use. Autodesk rarely allows
license transfers and certainly wouldn't in your case.

There are collectors. but R12 isn't that rare. I have a copy and know 2
others who do also. Another problem you would face is that the floppies may
have degraded over time. So even installing the software would be
problematic.

I hate to say toss it in the trash. But if you're not interested in it I
can't suggest anything else. BTW. Do you still work with Acad? If you do the
R12 manual is the last well written manual. Although it doesn't cover any of
the newer features. It has great explanations of the basic commands that are
used every day. That would be worth keeping.

Allen

"David P. Mooney" wrote in message
news:5782035@discussion.autodesk.com...
Greetings everyone. I'm curious about something...

I've been going through all my old computer stuff and came across my very
own copy of AutoCAD Release 12c2. It's on 5.25" floppy disks, and I think
it's for DOS (I can't remember off-hand). I used it in college on my home
computer, and it worked perfectly for doing my design thesis drawings. It's
still in the original brown box that it was shipped in, and also has all the
manuals, etc in their boxes....

Is this stuff worth anything today? Are there "collectors" or even users of
older AutoCAD versions? Should I post it somewhere for sale? For how much?
Or is it just a pile of garbage and I should toss it into the dumpster?

Thanks for any insight.

Dave
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coosbaylumberco
in reply to: Anonymous

David...

To me the R-12 version is appropriate for work done around here. Am using very expensive machine tools that work off of computers. They accept input in pen plotter language, as do many of the other manufacturers today. R-12 was based directly for pen plotters, and there is near zero problems as to interface exchange, iff'n you can see the drawing on some version of R-11 or R-12. If you can see it, then the work will go smack over into some sort of original HP-GL language.

If any error message comes up, such as a non compatible or missing font, then it will fail. Which is why perhaps so many of the computer based machine shops in the Los Angeles area readliy accept projects which can be seen in R-12.

The project work may all be initially created in late model software, but then gets converted backwards. If a shop is using modern Autocad, they are also charging more than their neighbor for same work. Switching to a more modern version of Autocad is little expense for them. Switching out a whole million dollar machine to be compatible for one year, that becomes expensive and costs them jobs.

So, keep the R-12. Write it to sme safety disk, but keep it handy.
Wm.
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kurtkj1
in reply to: Anonymous

I have several old versions that I collect for historical info and would love to speak to you about this copy.
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mhtcando
in reply to: Anonymous

I would be interested in purchasing the newest release of R12 Dos if anyone still has a set on 3.5" discs. 

Please get ahold of me at:  brunsink@michwave.com

Thanks,

Steve

 

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