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OBJECT TYPE: WORD PROCESSOR/PC/5.25 IN. FLOPPY DISK/SINGLE-SIDED
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1579.004

MANUFACTURER: AES Data
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 9
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC DISK/ PAPER LABEL & PROTECTOR

Dimensions

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

Length: 16.5 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Height: 17.0 cm
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: AES Data
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1980'S
Canada: SOFTWARE FOR CANADIAN DESIGNED & MANUFACTURED WORD PROCESSOR. AES DATA WAS FORMED IN 1974 BY STEVEN DORSEY TO DESIGN & MARKET STAND ALONE SYSTEMS.
Function: COMPUTER PROGRAM WHICH ENABLES USER TO PERFORM VARIOUS TASKS RELATING TO TEXT CREATION & EDITING ON A WORD PROCESSOR.
Technical: ORIGINAL AES DATA WORD PROCESSOR WAS AES 90 WHICH APPEARED IN 1974 & WAS VERY EARLY SCREEN TEXT EDITING SYSTEM. THIS SOFTWARE WAS WRITTEN FOR AES PLUS, LATER AES WORD PROCESSOR FROM LATE 1970'S.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LABEL READS ‘AES PLUS SOFTWARE/ AES DATA LTD./ OTTAWA/ PROPORTIONAL PRINT - B/E/ SERIAL # P77033/ REV: A2.12.3'/ WITH PROPRIETARY INFORMATION: ‘THIS DISKETTE CONTAINS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND MUST NOT BE COPIED WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF AES Data Ltd./Ltée. (C) AES Data Ltd./Ltée. (Unpublished)'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK DISKS WITH GREY OR WHITE LABELS/ RED, WHITE, OR GREY PROTECTORS/ RED CASE WITH BLACK LABEL & WHITE LABEL.
Decoration: N/A

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AES Data, Software, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.1579, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1579.004/

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