General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

26

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

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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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

COMPUTER GAMES WERE ONE OF MOST POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF PERSONAL COMPUTER. Originally developed in 1984 for the launch of IBM PCjr. King’s Quest was designed in response to the Apple II’s command of the home computer video game market. King’s Quest took advantage PCjr’s new sound card and colour display to create a better video game experience than previously seen on IBM PCs.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

TYPEWRITTEN TEXT ON LABEL READS '8/6 Format: Special/ A: King's Quest (Side A)/ B: King's Quest (Side B)'

Missing

N/A

Finish

BLACK DISK/ WHITE LABEL

Decoration

N/A