General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC DISKS/ ALUMINUM OR SILVER COATING, POSSIBLY WITH COATING TO PROTECT SURFACE FROM HUMIDITY/ PLASTIC CASES/ PAPER FLOPPY DISK PROTECTOR & CD-ROM LINER NOTE

Dimensions

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

Length

18.1 cm

Width

17.8 cm

Height

3.4 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

Reteaco

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1987-1989

Canada

DISKS CONTAIN A CANADIAN WRITTEN 'SEARCH ENGINE' FOR CD-ROM. IT WAS REPLACED BY LOCALLY WRITTEN SOFTWARE IN 1989.

Function

TWO DIFFERENT COMPUTER DATA STORAGE DEVICES. CD-ROM HAS INFORMATION PERMANENTLY RECORDED IN DIGITAL FORM AS SERIES OF PITS ETCHED BY LASTER &, IS CAPABLE OF STORING TOGETHER AUDIO, VIDEO, TEXTUAL & GRAPHICAL DATA. FLOPPY DISK HAS DIGITAL DATA RECORDED MAGNETICALLY. THIS CD CONTAINS DATA FOR USE WITH COMPUTER WHILE FLOPPY DISK CONTAINS SOFTWARE TO RUN/ACCESS CD-ROM.

Technical

AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF CD-ROM TECHNOLOGY & RELATED SOFTWARE, FOR USE WITH AN IBM OR COMPATIBLE COMPUTER

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RED & BLACK LETTERING ON DISK READS 'Brady/ Simon & Schuster', 'Electronic Publishing/ Services by Reteaco Inc./ FindIt/ CD-ROM SYSTEMS/ Toronto Canada M2H 3B4/ (416) 497-0579', 'Copyright Protected/ COMPACT/ disc/ READ ONLY MEMORY/ Manufactured in U.S.A./ by D.A.D.C./ Terre haute in 47804', 'The Brady Guide to CD-ROM/ by Laura Buddine/ Elizabeth Young/ Copyright 1987 Brady,/ a divisionof Simon & Schuster,/ all rights reserved/ CDRM 40'; CLEAR LETTERING ON DISK READS 'Made in USA Digital Audio Disc Corp./.1 BLACK LETTERING ON DISK LINER NOTE READS 'Brady/ The Brady Guide/ to CD-ROM' WITH AUTHORS' NAMES

Missing

N/A

Finish

LIGHT GREY CASE/.1 METALLIC DISK IN COLOURLESS & BLACK CASE; MULTICOLOURED LINER NOTE

Decoration

N/A