• Local alternate versions of MECC software?

    From Steve Nickolas@usotsuki@buric.co to comp.sys.apple2 on Sat Aug 23 02:58:35 2025
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    When I was in early elementary school (so think 1985, 1986), I remember
    seeing several MECC programs - I know one of them was Elementary Volume 6
    - sourced from schools in Liverpool, NY and Syracuse, NY, which had
    alternate logos that I recall said "CNYICN" (may be something similar, but "CNY" is almost certain as that stood for "Central New York", and I
    remember trying to pronounce it "Sinnisinn"). I am pretty sure - not
    least because I accidentally defaced one of them once - that they lacked
    the copy protection of the MECC-branded versions. I suspect this CNYICN
    may have been a regional equivalent of MECC in Syracuse.

    I wonder if any of these still exist or were ever released.

    It's a long shot, but Word Wizards and Bank Street Storybook, which were longtime "whales" of mine, did eventually show up...

    -uso.
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