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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPTICAL-CD-ROM/MAGNETIC-FLOPPY/DATABASE/(CD-ROM; COMPACT DISK READ ONLY MEMORY)
- DATE
- 1987
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0697.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Reteaco Inc.
- MODEL
- BRADY GUIDE TO CD-ROM
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC DISKS/ ALUMINUM OR SILVER COATING, POSSIBLY WITH COATING TO PROTECT SURFACE FROM HUMIDITY/ PLASTIC CASES/ PAPER FLOPPY DISK PROTECTOR & CD-ROM LINER NOTE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.1 cm
- Width
- 17.8 cm
- Height
- 3.4 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
- Reteaco
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1987-1989
- Canada
-
DISKS CONTAIN A CANADIAN WRITTEN 'SEARCH ENGINE' FOR CD-ROM. IT WAS REPLACED BY LOCALLY WRITTEN SOFTWARE IN 1989. - Function
-
TWO DIFFERENT COMPUTER DATA STORAGE DEVICES. CD-ROM HAS INFORMATION PERMANENTLY RECORDED IN DIGITAL FORM AS SERIES OF PITS ETCHED BY LASTER &, IS CAPABLE OF STORING TOGETHER AUDIO, VIDEO, TEXTUAL & GRAPHICAL DATA. FLOPPY DISK HAS DIGITAL DATA RECORDED MAGNETICALLY. THIS CD CONTAINS DATA FOR USE WITH COMPUTER WHILE FLOPPY DISK CONTAINS SOFTWARE TO RUN/ACCESS CD-ROM. - Technical
-
AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF CD-ROM TECHNOLOGY & RELATED SOFTWARE, FOR USE WITH AN IBM OR COMPATIBLE COMPUTER - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RED & BLACK LETTERING ON DISK READS 'Brady/ Simon & Schuster', 'Electronic Publishing/ Services by Reteaco Inc./ FindIt/ CD-ROM SYSTEMS/ Toronto Canada M2H 3B4/ (416) 497-0579', 'Copyright Protected/ COMPACT/ disc/ READ ONLY MEMORY/ Manufactured in U.S.A./ by D.A.D.C./ Terre haute in 47804', 'The Brady Guide to CD-ROM/ by Laura Buddine/ Elizabeth Young/ Copyright 1987 Brady,/ a divisionof Simon & Schuster,/ all rights reserved/ CDRM 40'; CLEAR LETTERING ON DISK READS 'Made in USA Digital Audio Disc Corp./.1 BLACK LETTERING ON DISK LINER NOTE READS 'Brady/ The Brady Guide/ to CD-ROM' WITH AUTHORS' NAMES
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LIGHT GREY CASE/.1 METALLIC DISK IN COLOURLESS & BLACK CASE; MULTICOLOURED LINER NOTE
- Decoration
- N/A
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