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OBJECT TYPE: GAME/PC/5.25 IN. FLOPPY DISK/128K/SINGLE-SIDED
DATE: 1987
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0768.001

MANUFACTURER: Accolade Inc.
MODEL: TEST DRIVE
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC DISC IN PLASTIC ? HOLDER

Dimensions

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

Length: 14.3 cm
Width: 13.4 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: Accolade
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CIRCA 1988+
Canada: AMERICAN DESIGNED & MADE SOFTWARE USED IN CANADIAN HOME ON PERSONAL COMPUTER, APPLE IIC. ORIGINAL APPLE II, INTRODUCED IN 1977, WAS FIRST PC TO BE MASS MARKET SUCCESS IN CANADA AS ELSEWHERE
Function: COMPUTER PROGRAM DEVELOPED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES IN WHICH GAME IS PLAYED USING COMPUTER SCREEN & INPUT DEVICE SUCH AS JOYSTICK OR MOUSE. THIS GAME INVOLVES ROLE-PLAYING IN SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT
Technical: SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY OUTSIDE SOFTWARE DESIGNER FOR USE ON APPLE II PC. COMPUTER GAMES WERE ONE OF MOST POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF PERSONAL COMPUTER
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE LETTERING ON LABEL READS: 'Test Drive(TM)/ For Apple IIc & IIe/ Laser 128/ 128K Memory/ Designed & programmed by Distinctive Software Inc./Apple II is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc./ (c) 1987, 1988, Accolade. Inc.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK DISK/ DARK BLUE LABEL
Decoration: N/A

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Accolade Inc., Software, 1987, Artifact no. 1995.0768, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0768.001/

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