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OBJECT TYPE: GAME/CASSETTE TAPE
DATE: 1981–1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0411.002

MANUFACTURER: Cload Magazine Inc.
MODEL: VARIOUS
LOCATION: Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 11
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC TAPE & CASSETTE/ PAPER LABEL

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.1 cm
Width: 7.1 cm
Height: 1.7 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: Cload
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: Santa Barbara

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CIRCA 1981-1986
Canada: AMERICAN DESIGNED & MADE SOFTWARE USED IN CANADIAN HOME ON PERSONAL COMPUTER, AT TIME WHEN USE OF PC'S FOR VARIETY OF PURPOSES WAS RAPIDLY INCREASING IN THIS COUNTRY & ELSEWHERE.
Function: COMPUTER PROGRAMS DEVELOPED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, IN WHICH GAMES ARE PLAYED BY MEANS OF COMPUTER KEYBOARD & SCREEN.
Technical: PROGRAMS DEVELOPED FOR AND/OR BY SOFTWARE MAGAZINE FORRADIO SHACK TRS-80 COMPUTER. TRS-80, WITH COMMODORE PET & APPLE II, FORMED FIRST GENERATION OF PC'S WHICH LAUNCHED PC INDUSTRY IN 1977. COMPUTER GAMES WERE ONE OF MOST POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF PC IN THAT ERA. CASSETTEE TAPE WAS USED FOR PC SOFTWARE STORAGE INTO EARLY 1980'S.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: YELLOW LETTERING ON LABEL READS 'CLOAD/ MAGAZINE INC./ P.O. BOX 1448/ Santa Barbara, CA 93102' & 'LEVEL/ 2/ 16K'/ LABEL HAS TYPEWRITTEN GAME NAMES & OTHER DATA: DESIGN COVER, LIFE SPAN, PLANETS OVER SEATTLE, DISPLAY (SYSTEM DISP /); SPELLING EGG, SECURITIES INSTRUCTIONS, SECURITIES PORTFOLIO, BOUNCE (SYSTEM BOUNCE /).
Missing: N/A
Finish: WHITE CASSETTE/ GREEN LABEL
Decoration: N/A

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Cload Magazine Inc., Software, between 1981–1982, Artifact no. 1991.0411, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0411.002/

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