{"id":4225,"date":"2018-10-27T11:41:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T10:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gremlinarchive.com\/?p=4225"},"modified":"2018-10-27T11:41:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T10:41:29","slug":"dollarsoft-ledger-entries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gremlinarchive.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/27\/dollarsoft-ledger-entries\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollarsoft Ledger Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Stevenson has recently uncovered a ledger maintained by his father that documented the incomings and outgoings of their software business, Dollarsoft. It is an intriguing look into the efforts of many cottage industry developers in the early 80s to tap into the potential of the emerging games industry. 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