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- OBJECT TYPE
- game/PC/5.25 in. floppy disk/double sided
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0822.010
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Gato/ Fathoms Forty
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 10
- Total Parts
- 52
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC DISK WITH PAPER LABEL/ PAPER PROTECTOR
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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1980'S
- Canada
-
SOFTWARE USED IN CANADIAN HOME ON APPLE IIC PERSONAL COMPUTER. 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. MOST OF THESE GAMES INVOLVE ROLE-PLAYING IN SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT. - Technical
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COMPUTER GAMES WERE ONE OF MOST POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF PERSONAL COMPUTER - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TYPEWRITTEN TEXT ON LABEL READS '7/10 Format: Pascal/ 3.3/ A: Gato/ B: Fathoms Forty'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK DISK/ WHITE LABEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Software, circa 1980, Artifact no. 1995.0822, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0822.010/
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