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- OBJECT TYPE
- game/PC/5.25 in. floppy disk/double sided
- DATE
- 1981
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0822.021
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Wizardry 1/ Proving Grounds of Werdna
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 21
- 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
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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 Sir-Tech was founded by brothers, Norman and Robert Sirotek, and built upon an earlier business software company. While incorporated in the United States, the brothers are Ottawa natives and were on the periphery of the early 1980s video game development scene in Canada. Sir-Tech Canada Limited was founded in the mid-1980s and continued operations until 2003, despite the American parent company closing in 1988. - Function
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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 '8/1 Format: Pascal/ A: Wizardry 1/ B: Proving Grounds of Werdna'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK DISK/ WHITE LABEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Software, after 1981, Artifact no. 1995.0822, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0822.021/
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