General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

11

Total Parts

11

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC TAPE & CASSETTE/ PAPER LABEL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

11.1 cm

Width

7.1 cm

Height

1.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cload

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Santa Barbara

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CIRCA 1981-1986

Canada

AMERICAN DESIGNED & MADE SOFTWARE USED IN CANADIAN HOME ON PERSONAL COMPUTER, AT TIME WHEN USE OF PC'S FOR VARIETY OF PURPOSES WAS RAPIDLY INCREASING IN THIS COUNTRY & ELSEWHERE.

Function

COMPUTER PROGRAMS DEVELOPED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, IN WHICH GAMES ARE PLAYED BY MEANS OF COMPUTER KEYBOARD & SCREEN.

Technical

PROGRAMS DEVELOPED FOR AND/OR BY SOFTWARE MAGAZINE FORRADIO SHACK TRS-80 COMPUTER. TRS-80, WITH COMMODORE PET & APPLE II, FORMED FIRST GENERATION OF PC'S WHICH LAUNCHED PC INDUSTRY IN 1977. COMPUTER GAMES WERE ONE OF MOST POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF PC IN THAT ERA. CASSETTEE TAPE WAS USED FOR PC SOFTWARE STORAGE INTO EARLY 1980'S.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

YELLOW LETTERING ON LABEL READS 'CLOAD/ MAGAZINE INC./ P.O. BOX 1448/ Santa Barbara, CA 93102' & 'LEVEL/ 2/ 16K'/ LABEL HAS TYPEWRITTEN GAME NAMES & OTHER DATA: MINI MAN COVER, INTOX, STELLAR EMPIRE INSTRUCTIONS, STELLAR EMPIRE; DEMOLITION DERBY, HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY, FINANCIAL PLANNER, PAC MANIA.

Missing

N/A

Finish

WHITE CASSETTE/ GREEN LABEL

Decoration

N/A