D2CA.ORG - Dan's 20th Century Abandonware

Testimonials

"I applaud your work in keeping alive the memory of software that people spent years of their lives creating. It would be a shame if the product of so much effort would be tossed aside and never seen again..."
- Don W.

"I saw those old titles and it was like seeing old friends again. I don't care what anybody says. That stuff needs to be out there."
- V. Winslow

"... wanted [you] to know that as a programmer who has had software ideas and coding stolen myself, I deeply respect your anti-piracy stance."
- Gavin A.

"... it is refreshing to see someone that will actually tell the truth about computers. And blast the industry where it needs blasting. Thank you for your courage."
- Carl T.

"... great site with a perception of this (computerized) world that comes a lot closer to the truth than most companies would like to and an excellent study for everyone interested in software evolution/history."
- SDM

"Awesome site & don't you ever go away. This site is like an old historical building that needs to be preserved forever."
- Stephen

"Your website is really an educational tool as well as an informational tool... Keep up the great work with your website, I enjoy going to it."
- Mike S.

"I visit your site quite often... It's a resource I find invaluable, and the net wouldn't be the same without it."
- Richard S.

"You've scratched an itch that has been bothering me for a long time. I love old DOS tools and your site is precious to me. In fact, I don't think that all 'abandonware' has an equivalent anymore. Just look at the quality of CD burning tools compared to floppy utilities from around 1992. Most people don't even know they have alternatives to Roxio, and if you toast a disk, there's no NDD to save you, you just lost 39 cents. The equivalent to NDD these days is considered 'forensic' level software, not meant for the home user. *sigh* Thanks, and thanks, and thanks!"
- Angie B.

"It's guys like you that make the Internet worthwhile...not the commercial junk it's now littered with."
- C. Schmidt

"You have a great and comprehensive catalog of abandonware. I had a great time browsing through it and recalling the fun times I had with DOS."
- DigDug

"Thanks for having a site on the web that isnt pornographic or stupid, it really does have good advice for computer users in general, n00bs and the elite alike."
- Decathalonkid

"Reading the section on ' What is abandonware' as well 'All that being said, consider this...'...it comes across as a well-written powerful and hopefully convincing read. Now I'm familiar with what an older computer can do and how well it can do it, but I think if enough people read your page and then thought about it....well maybe we would see more folks using older systems as opposed to going out and buying new ones."
- W. Walsh

"Congratulations for a very informative and useful site. I quite agree with you unless new software offers something that is really new in concept or ease of use, it is more often than not overrated."
- C. L'Écuyer -- Canada

"...congratulations on your site, a great service to the community of people who want to really use computers rather than be used by them..."
- M. Dessen

"Love your site, thank God someone else has realised that there is no point in spending big money on something to be able to type a letter.
"I am glad someone is standing up for what is right and not what Microsoft or Dell or whoever they are thinks will make more cash for them. While I applaud the advances in new technology for PC's, and most of them are pretty good, forcing users to update for no reason is downright greedy, no wonder the computer industry has had a backlash against them, and long may that continue."
- K. Inger

"...your site is going to be great for my Computer Studies class ... thanks a million!"
- Mark L. - St. Patrick's High School - Kenya

"Good advice! The government should issue a medal especially to honour ... people like you who promote good sense and not exorbitant spending to 'keep up to date'. As you do, I also seriously question the mania of latest and greatest just for its own sake. And I thought I was all alone!"
- Daniel B. -- Canada

"Nice site. Thanks for the advice and the memories."
- E. Handel

"Awesome site ... when do you sleep??"
- Robert W.

"I was looking for info on Borland Quattro for DOS, and found the following site ... as a blast of nostalgia, what a walk down memory lane! Old friends I'd forgotten, old enemies I hoped I'd never see again - they're all here!
"Have a look and see if you don't get nostalgic, for what they called 'the good old days' "
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"Your site is quite a work, and good someone has put together a museum of the glory days of DOS."
- J. Roby

"Just a quick thanks for the images of the floppy disk sleeves on your site. I ... remembered some of those brand names and graphic designs. Memories are an important thing."
- John L.

"I really like your abandonware site! Your site is the best resource I've found by a considerable margin. The sources I find tend to be terribly disorganized, and more concerned with selling copies of programs or getting people to register at their sites to download them than with cataloging them. So I have to thank you for making my quest a lot easier."
- Lee S.

"Thanks for your website which shows I am not alone, helps me explain myself to others who are software-insecure or suffer from hardware-envy and *have* to run their address book in a 2 GHz machine."
- F. Pareja

"Your site is certainly a kick in the teeth for some of the so called programmers out there these days who almost have code written for them, because in those days, programming was more of an art."
- Craig

"...while I don't think I could handle going back to Win 3.1, I'm adamant that the computer industry as a whole is following the wrong path by forcing these upgrades down our throat for the greatest and latest versions of whatever. Instead of focusing on making their products more stable and usable.
"Your site was great, and I was pleased to see the lists of software with no download links. Quite a surprise considering how rampant warez and abandonware archive sites are."
- C. Campbell

"I'm a long time LangaList subscriber, and I have lost track of the great websites to which I've been steered by Fred, but I have NEVER EVER enjoyed a recommended site as I've enjoyed yours today. What a flood of memories (both pleasant and aggravating) were summoned up by such gems as ByDesign, Sidekick, et al. I spent over an hour just browsing the site on my first visit, and I'm sure I'll be back many times. Thank you so much for the memories."
- Edward K.

"One of the best 'investments' I ever had was the opportunity to make up a package and send a bunch of ...what was junk to me.... This became a route to meeting one of the nicest guys on the web..."Dan the Man"...and he is rendering a great service to us all..."
- Ted Breisch, Endwell, NY USA (name, city, and state used with permission)

A special thank you to all of my site's visitors.
I appreciate the kind testimonials sent to Dan's 20th Century Abandonware. Thank you!

Of course, I have also had my share of negative comments about D2CA, mainly from people seeking illegal copies of software and not being able to download them here. But, hey, we only want to read the positive testimonials, right?

And, sorry to disappoint those who would think so, but I do not "invent" bogus testimonials. All of these testimonials are genuine, from real people who have sent their kind thoughts to D2CA.

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