Retro Software Foundation
Give to the Archive

Donate materials.

That box of floppies in the attic might hold the only surviving copy of something. Before you recycle a machine or toss a stack of disks, let us take a look — we accept hardware, software, and paper from 1977 to 1998.

What we accept

If it ran on early hardware, we want to hear about it

Condition is rarely a dealbreaker — we recover from media most people would throw away.

Microcomputers

Apple II, Commodore PET & 64, TRS-80, IBM PC, early Macintosh, Atari.

Storage media

5.25" & 3.5" floppies, cassettes, cartridges, and EPROMs — even unlabeled.

Software & manuals

Boxed titles, documentation, reference cards, and dealer literature.

Source & listings

Printed BASIC and assembly listings, schematics, and internal memos.

Ephemera

Magazines, advertisements, user-group newsletters, and packaging.

Peripherals

Drives, cards, modems, and oddities — the stranger the better.

How it works

Four steps, and we pay the postage.

  1. 01

    Describe it

    Fill out the form below — what you have, roughly how much, and its condition. Photos help enormously.

  2. 02

    We review

    An archivist checks it against the collection and the rescue priority list, then writes back.

  3. 03

    Ship or pick-up

    We arrange packing and postage, or a local pick-up in the Snoqualmie Valley. You never pay shipping.

  4. 04

    Acknowledged

    You receive a written acknowledgement for your records and, where it fits, a credit in the archive.

ACCEPTED.FORMATS
5.25" / 3.5" FLOPPY .. yes CASSETTE / TAPE ...... yes CARTRIDGE / ROM ...... yes UNLABELED MEDIA ...... yes WATER-DAMAGED ........ ask
What we can’t take

Post-1998 hardware, CRT monitors with broken glass, and anything still under commercial license. Unsure? Ask anyway — we’d rather you check.

Offer materials

Nothing is too small or too damaged to ask about. Tell us what you’ve found and we’ll take it from there.

We reply to every offer within a week.

Can't part with it? Fund the rescue instead.

If your collection isn't ready to leave home, a donation still helps us reach the ones that are — funding the media, the postage, and the people who do the recovery.

Make a Donation501(c)(3) · Tax-deductible