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OBJECT TYPE: game/PC/5.25 in. floppy disk/double sided
DATE: 1980
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0822.008

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Skyfox/ Drol
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 8
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: COMPUTER GAMES WERE ONE OF MOST POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF PERSONAL COMPUTER
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: TYPEWRITTEN TEXT ON LABEL READS '7/8 Format: Special/ A: Skyfox/ B: Drol'
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/item/1995.0822.008/

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