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- OBJECT TYPE
- GAME/PC/5.25 IN. FLOPPY DISK/SINGLE-SIDED
- DATE
- 1984
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0755.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Windham Classics Corp.
- MODEL
- BELOW THE ROOT
- LOCATION
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC DISK IN PAPER PROTECTOR/ PAPER DOCUMENTATION/ CARDBOARD BOX WITH PLASTIC TRAY
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.0 cm
- Width
- 17.1 cm
- Height
- 3.0 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
- Windham
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Cambridge
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- CIRCA 1984+
- Canada
-
AMERICAN DESIGNED & MADE SOFTWARE USED IN CANADIAN HOME ON PERSONAL COMPUTER, APPLE IIC. 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 AS PLAYED USING COMPUTER SCREEN & INPUT DEVICE SUCH AS JOYSTICK OR MOUSE. THIS GAME INVOLVES ROLE-PLAYING IN FANTASY ENVIRONMENT. - Technical
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY OUTSIDE SOFTWREDESIGNER FOR USE ON APPLE II PC. COMPUTER GAMES WERE ONE OF MOST POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF PESONAL COMPUTER. THIS GAME WAS BASED ON FANTASY NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 1980'S - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON DISK LABEL READS 'BELOW THE ROOT(TM)/ For Apple(R)/ Windham Classics, Cambridge, MA/ This product uses DOS3.3 (c)Apple Computer INc., 1980-81/ (c)1984 Windham Classics Corp. All rights reserved' & 'WINDHAM/ CLASSICS(TM)'/ BLACK LETTERING ON BOX READS 'BELOW/ THE ROOT(TM)', 'WINDHAM/ CLASSICS', 'BELOW THE ROOT computer program is a trademark of Windham Classics Corp. (c) 1984, Windham Classics,/ a division of Spinmaker Software Corp./ One Kendall Square Cambridge, MA 02139. All rights reserved.'/ LABEL ON BOX READS 'APPLE II+, IIe, IIc/ Requires 48K,/ joystick optional/ ISBN 0-917649-33-8'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK DISK WITH GREY LABEL/ BLUE PROTECTOR/ WHITE BOX
- Decoration
- MULTICOLOURED FANTASY ILLUSTRATION ON BOX FRONT/ BLUE STRIPING ON BOX
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Windham Classics Corp., Software, 1984, Artifact no. 1995.0755, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.0755.001/
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