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OBJECT TYPE: 3.5 INCH FLOPPY DISK
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0697.002

MANUFACTURER: Reteaco Inc.
MODEL: FINDIT CD-ROM RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
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: 13.3 cm
Width: 13.3 cm
Height: N/A
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 LASER &, 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: CASE MARKED IN RED 'FINDIT/ CD-ROM SYSTEMS/ RETEACO INC.' & IN BLACK 'PACKAGING DESIGNED BY,/ AND COURTESY OF/ BI/ BLACKBOURN INC./ EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344/ (612)944-7010', WITH RED STYLIZED REPRESENTATION OF DISK'/.2 TYPEWRITTEN LABEL READS 'FINDIT CD-ROM RETRIEVAL SYSTEM/ ACCESS DISKETTES: THE BRADY GUIDE/ COPYRIGHT: RETEACO INC. (800) 387-5002/ TORONTO, CANADA M2H 3B4'; 2ND LABEL MARKED 'SONY' & 'MD-1D'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK DISK IN RED PROTECTOR
Decoration: N/A

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Reteaco Inc., Software, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0697, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0697.002/

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