It's a non-event to you because you want design docs, not 'incredibly boring' financial data or 'HR crap'. The reality is that this type of archive isn't really meant for you, it's meant for historians and other researchers. The contents listed here are pretty standard for a corporate archive.
If someone wants to write a book about how 1980s game companies worked 50 years from now, then all that boring financial data and HR crap becomes much more relevant than the design documents (as interesting as they may be).
If someone wants to write a book about how 1980s game companies worked 50 years from now, then all that boring financial data and HR crap becomes much more relevant than the design documents (as interesting as they may be).
I do agree with you about the disks, though.