In-Progress Catalog of the MAL’s Holdings
Posted: December 17, 2012 Filed under: history of computing, media archaeology lab | Tags: archives, history of computing, interface, media studies Leave a comment »With heartfelt thanks to my research assistant Caitlin Purdy and to Kyle Bickoff, a graduate student here at CU Boulder, the Media Archaeology Lab now has a nearly complete catalog of all its holdings. The catalog is clearly still a work-in-progress and, other than the just the organizational challenges in the document itself, the next step for the MAL is a web-based, searchable catalog. Still, hopefully the list below at least gives researchers a sense of what they can find in the lab. We also haven’t quite worked out a system for documenting material from particular donors and integrating this information into the main body of the catalog – at the moment, items from our most recent donors (Timothy Sweeney and Robert Craig) are listed separately toward the end of the catalog.
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Print Material
8-Bit Digital Sound Studio: User’s Guide. N.p.: Great Valley Products, Inc., 1992. Print.
Abernethy, Ken, T. Ray Nanney, and Hayden Porter. Exploring Macintosh: Concepts in Visually Oriented Computing. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1989. Print.
ALLC Bulletin 13.3 (1985). Print.
ALLC Bulletin 9.2 (1981). Print.
ALLC Bulletin 9.1 (1981). Print.
ALLC Bulletin 6.2 (1978). Print.
ALLC Bulletin 6.3 (1978). Print.
ALLC Bulletin 4.2 (1976). Print.
ALLC Bulletin 4.3 (1976). Print.
ALLC Bulletin 8.1 (1980). Print.
ALLC Bulletin 8.3 (1981). Print.
ALLC Bulletin 7.1 (1979). Print.
ALLC Bulletin 7.2 (1979). Print.
ALLC Journal 1.1 (1980). Print.
ALLC Journal 2.1 (1981). Print.
Apple II: DOS User’s Manual. Cupertino: Apple Computers, Inc., 1982. Print.
Apple II: Quick File II. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1982. Print.
Apple II Reference Manual. Cupertino: Apple Computer Inc, 1981. Print.
Apple II Utilities Guide. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1981. Print.
Applesoft BASIC Programmer’s Reference Manual. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1982. Print.
Berkowitz, Rob. Inside the Macintosh Communications Toolbox. Ed. Scott Smith and Becky Reece. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1991. Print.
De Jong, Marvin L. Apple II Assembly Language. Indianapolis: Howard W. Sams & Co, Inc, 1982. Print.
The Einstein MemoryTrainer User Guide. Los Angeles: The Einstein Corporation, 1983. Print.
Englebardt, Stanley L. The Worlds of Science: Cybernetics. New York: Pyramid, 1962. Print.
Finkel, LeRoy, and Jerald R. Brown. Apple Basic: Data File Programming. N.p.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1982. Print. Self Teaching Guide.
Frenzel, Louis E., Jr. Crash Course in Microcomputers. Indianapolis: Howard W. Sams & Co Inc, 1980. Print.
Gateley, Wilson Y., and Gary G. Bitter. Basic for Beginners. N.p.: McGraw Book Company, 1970. Print.
Grammer, Virginia Carter, and E. Paul. Goldenberg. The Terrapin Logo Language for the AppleII. Ed. Mark Eckenwiler and Peter Von Mertens. Cambridge: Terrapin, Inc., 1982. Print.
Inside Macintosh. Vol. VI. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1991. Print.
Inside Macintosh. Vol. V. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1986. Print.
Inside Macintosh. Vol. IV. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1985. Print.
Inside Macintosh. Vol. III. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1985. Print.
Inside Macintosh. Vol. II. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1985. Print.
Inside Macintosh. Vol. I. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1985. Print.
Introduction, Complier, Editor. Cary: SAS Institute Inc., 1993. Print. Vol. 1 of SAS/C Development System User’s Guide.
Jenngs, Edward M. Science and Literature. Garden City: Anchor, 1970. Print.
Literary & Linguistic Computing 4.2 (1989). Print.
Literary & Linguistic Computing 5.1 (1990). Print.
Literary & Linguistic Computing 2.3 (1987). Print.
Literary & Linguistic Computing 3.3 (1988). Print.
Literary & Linguistic Computing 3.2 (1988). Print.
Literary & Linguistic Computing 4.4 (1989). Print.
Literary & Linguistic Computing 4.1 (1989). Print.
Luebbert, William F. What’s Where in the Apple: A Complete Guide to the Apple Computer. Amherst: Micro Ink, 1982. Print.
Luedtke, Peter, and Rainer Luedtke. Your First Business Computer. Bedford: Digital Equipment Corporation, 1983. Print. The Desktop Computer Series.
Macintosh Manual. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1984. Print.
Micromodem Smartcom I: Owner’s Manual. Norcross: Hayes Microcomputer Products, 1983. Print.
Parikka, Jussi. What Is Media Archaeology? Cambridge: Polity, 2012. Print.
PC World 1.2 (1983). Print.
PC World 1.1 (1983). Print.
PC World 1.4 (1983). Print.
PC World 1.3 (1983). Print.
Perspectives in Computing 2.1 (1982). Print.
Perspectives in Computing 1.4 (1981). Print.
Perspectives in Computing 1.2 (1981). Print.
Perspectives in Computing 1.1 (1981). Print.
Ratliff, Wayne. dBASE II: Assembly Language Relational Database Management System. Culver City: Ratliff Software Production, Inc., 1982. Print.
Schneider, Ben Ross, Jr. Travels in Computerland. N.p.: Addison-Wesley, 1974. Print.
Smith, George W. Computers and Human Language. London: Oxford University, 1991. Print.
Smith, Jon M. Scientific Analysis on the Pocket Calculator. N.p.: John Wiley & Sons, 1975. Print.
Snell, Barbara M. Translating and the Computer. N.p.: North-Holland, 1979. Print.
Sobel, Robert. IBM: Colossus in Transition. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981. Print.
Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Computer: Beginner’s BASIC. N.p.: Texas Instruments, 1979. Print.
Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Computer: User’s Reference Guide. Texas Instruments Incorporated ed. N.p.: Texas Instruments, 1979. Print.
Texas Instruments TI-99/4 Home Computer: TI Extended BASIC. Dallas: Texas Instruments, 1981. Print.
Tindall, Peggy Cagle, and Michel Boillot. Transparency Masters to Accompany Developing Computer Skills Using Appleworks. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1991. Print.
Tucker, Allen B., Jr. Text Processing: Algorithms, Languages, and Applications. New York: Academic, 1979. Print.
Turkle, Sherry. The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984. Print.
Volume III. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1985. Print.
Wesson, Robert B. Perfect Calc User’s Guide. Berkeley: Perfect Software, Inc., 1982. Print.
Worley, Steven P. Essence: A Library of Algorithmic Textures for Imagine. N.p.: Apex Software, 1992. Print.
Zielinski, Siegfried. Deep Time of the Media. Cambridge: MIT, 2006. Print.
- – -, ed. Neapolitan Affairs: On Deep Time Relations of Arts, Sciences and Technologies. London: Quay Brothers, 2011. Print. Vol. 49 of Variantology 5.
- – -. On Deep Time Relations of Arts, Sciences, and Technologies. Oberhausen: Printmanagement Plitt, 206. Print. Vol. 35 of Variantology.
- – -, ed. On Deep Time Relations of Arts, Sciences and Technologies In the Arabic-Islamic World and Beyond. Oberhausen: Printmanagement Plitt, 2010. Print. Vol. 45 of Variantology 4.
- – -, ed. On Deep Time Relations of Arts, Sciences, Technologies In China and Elsewhere. Oberhausen: Printmanagement Plitt, 2008. Print. Vol. 37 of Variantology 3.
Software/Games
The Adams Family. Ocean Software Limited, 1992. Cassette. Commodore 64 Game
Agent USA. Jefferson City: Tom Snyder Productions, Inc. Inc., 1984. Cassette.
American Football. Argus Press Software Group, 1984. Cassette. Commodore 64 Game.
Applications Software. Dallas: Texas Instruments Inc., 1981. Cassette. System Unknown.
AwardWare. Plantation: Hi Tech Expressions, 1986. Floppy disc. System Unknown.
Beagle Bros Apple II Software. St. Clair Shores: Beagle Bros, 1992. Floppy disc. for Apple II Software
The Blues Brothers. Titus Software, 1991. Cassette. Commodore 64 Game
Castle Master. The Hit Squad, 1990. CD-ROM. Amiga Game
Certificate Maker. Springboard Stoftware, Inc., 1986. Floppy disc. For Apple II+, Apple IIe, Apple IIc.
Cluedo. Leisure Genius, 1984. Cassette. Commodore 64 Game.
Command Module. Dallas: Texas Instruments, 1979. Floppy disc.
Dollars and Sense. Inglewood: Monogram, 1983. Floppy disc. For Apple IIc
Electric Canyon This Land Is Your Land. Geneva: Polarware. Floppy Disk.. For Apple IIc
Electric Crayon ABCs. Geneva: Polarware, Inc. Floppy disc. For Apple IIc
EPYX Action. EPYX Inc., 1989. Cassette. Commodore 64 Game
Fleet System 2+. Needham: Professional Software, Inc., 1987. Floppy disc. For Commodore 64.
Interdictor Pilot. Supersoft, 1984. Cassette. System Unknown.
King’s Quest II: Romancing the Throne. Sierra, 1987. Floppy Disk. For Amiga.
King’s Quest III: To Heir is Human. Sierra, 1987. Floppy Disk. For Amiga.
Macintosh XL MacWorks XL. Cupertino: Apple Computer, Inc., 1984. Floppy disc. For Macintosh.
Maps and Globes: Latitude and Longitude. Mahwah: Troll Associates. Floppy disc. System Unknown.
Max Headroom. Quickstiva. Cassette. Commodore 64 Game (only 1 of 2 disks present)
Megaworks. San Diego: Megahaus. Floppy disc. For Apple IIc and Apple IIe.
Mitchell, Philip. Sherlock. Melbourne House Publishers, 1984. CD-ROM. Commodore 64 Game
My Label Maker. Menlo Park: MySoftwareCo. Floppy disc. System Unknown.
The News Room. Minneapolis: Springboard Software, Inc., 1986. CD-ROM. For Apple II+, Apple IIe, Apple Iic
Police Quest 1. Sierra. 1992. Floppy Disk. For Amiga.
Police Quest 2. Sierra. 1992. Floppy Disk. For Amiga.
Police Quest 3. Sierra. 1993. Floppy Disk. For Amiga.
Pinpoint. Oakland: Pinpoint, 1985. Floppy Disk. For Apple IIc, Apple IIe.
The Story so Far Compilation Pack: Volume 4. Elite, 1989. Cassette. Commodore 64 Games
Time Out Desk Tools II. San Diego: Beagle Bros, Inc., 1988. Floppy disc. For Apple II.
Back Room Inventory
Smith Corona grey typewriter
Smith Corona blue typewriter
Wollensak 3M tape recorder model 2820; labeled “CU ENGLISH DEPARTMENT” and CU 91218
Panasonic portable CD player model SL-SX320 w/ headphones attached
Sony Radio Cassette Player model WM-FX197
1 Nintendo Entertainment System; Model Number: NES-001; FCC ID: BMC9BENINTENDOETS; Serial Number: N11551290
2 Nintendo Controllers ; Model Number: NES-004
1 Nintendo Zapper; Model Number: NES-005
26 Nintendo Games:
1943: The Battle of Midway, 1985
Battletoads. 1985
Blastermaster, 1985
Blades of Steel, 1985
Contra, 1985
Double Dragon, 1985
Double Dragon II: The Revenge, 1985
Dracula’s Curse, 1985
Dragon Warrior, 1985
Duck Tales, 1985
Excitebike, 1985
From Russia with Fun, 1985
Jackal, 1985
Megaman 2, 1985
Mega Man 3, 1985
Metroid, 1985
Punch-out, 1985
Skate or Die, 1985
Super Dodge Ball, 1985
Super Mario Bros: Duck Hunt. 1985
Super Mario Bros. 2, 1985
Super Mario Bros. 3, 1985
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants, 1985
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 1985
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game, 1985
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, 1985
Front Room Inventory
1 Apple IIe Computer
1 AppleColor Composite Monitor; Model Number: A2M6020; Serial Number: S; FCC ID: BCG90QNA2M6020
1 Keyboard; Model Number: A2S2128; Serial Number: E02210ZAS2128; FCDD ID: BCG6DSA2S2128
1 Apple 5.25 Drive; Model Number: A9M0107; Serial Number: KGU9861
1 Mouse; Model Number: M0100; Serial Number: 0435A11E00185
1 KoalaPad+; FCC ID: CN475EPAD001
1 Macintosh Lisa
1 Monitor; Model Number: A6S0200; Serial Number: A4284080
1 Keyboard; Model Number: A6MB101; Serial Number: 1061595
1 Mouse; Model Number: M0100; Serial Number: G512M010001909
1 Box of Imation 2DD, 720KB
1 Apple IIc
1 Monitor; Model Number: G090H; Serial Number: T077678; FCC: BCG966MNTR2CG090H
1 Keyboard; Model Number: A2S4000; FCC ID: BCG9GRA2S4000; Serial Number: F609608A2S4000
1 Mouse; Serial Number: M528M010005151; Model Number: M0100
1 Disk IIc; Model Number: A2M4050; Serial Number: F301954; FCC ID: BC69Z6A2M4050
1 Macintosh Centris 610
1 Monitor (Macintosh 12” RGB Display); Family Number: M1296
1 Apple Desktop Bus Mouse; Family Number: G5431
1 Keyboard; Model Number: M2980; FCC ID: BCGM2980
1 Apple iMac G3
1 Apple USB Keyboard; Model Number: M2452; Serial Number: NK8470XUADL2
1 Apple USB Mouse; Model Number: M4848
1 iMac G4
1 Pro Keyboard; Model Number: M7803; Serial Number: M7803
1 Pair of speakers
1 Macintosh Portable; Model Number: M5120; FCC ID: BCGM5120
1 Macintosh PowerBook 165; Model Number: M4440; FCC ID: BCGM4440
1 Apple MacBook Air; Serial Number: W882609UY5G
1 Apple iBook G4; Model Number: A1054
1 Apple iBook G3; Family Number: M2453; Serial Number: UV949322H6Q
1 IBM Portable Personal Compuer (no ID numbers)
1 COMPAQ Portable III; Model Number: 2660; FCC ID: CNT75M2660; Serial Number: CNT75M2660
1 COMPAQ Portable; Model Number: 2670; FCC ID: CNT75M5401; Serial Number: 1848HN3H0355
1 NeXTcube
1 NeXT Computer; Part Number: 23.00; Model Number: N1000; Serial Number: AAK0004152;
1 NeXT Keyboard; Part Number: 193; Serial Number: AAF 1532557
1 NeXT MegaPixel Display Monitor; Model Number: N400OA; Part Number: 1403; Serial Number: AAA 7026704
1 NeXT Mouse; Model Number: N400A; Part Number: 193; Serial Number: AAF 1532557
1 IBM 5151
1 IBM Keyboard (No ID Numbers)
1 IBM Personal Computer Display; Model Number: 5151; Serial Number: 0889756; FCC ID: AN08ZA5151
1 IBM Personal Computer; Model Number: 5151; Serial Number: 0889756; FCC ID: AN08ZA5151
1 Commodore Amiga 500
1 Commodore Keyboard; Model Number: A500; Serial Number: CA1112119; FCC ID: BR98YV-B52
1 Amiga Monitor; FCC ID: AG19XA-1080
1 SMITH ENG. Vectrex
1 Vectrex; Model Number: 3000; Serial Number: 142309A
1 Vectrex Arcade System (No ID Numbers)
1 VectrexLIGHTPEN (No ID Numbers)
1 Commodore 64
1 Commodore C2N Cassette; Serial Number: 2951548; FCC ID: BR99VMC2N-A
1 Gemstick (No ID Numbers)
1 Commodore 64 Keyboard; Model Number 64; Serial Number: P00961638;FCC ID: P00961638
1 Commodore Monitor; Model Number: 1084S-P; Serial Number: 181231
1 Commodore Single Drive Floppy Disk; Model Number: 1541; Serial Number: BA1A73536; FCC ID: BR98DD-1541
1 KAYPRO II
1 KAYPRO II Keyboard
Storage Room
7 Commodore Keyboards; Model Number 64; FCC ID: BR98YV-64
1- Serial Number: P00571266
2- Serial Number: P01201694
3- Serial Number: P00194582
4- Serial Number: P00523783
5- Serial Number: P5069951
6- Serial Number: P00667703
7- Serial Number: P5206846 (damaged)
6 Commodore Single Drive Floppy Model 1541; FCC ID: BR978H1541
1- Serial Number: BA1C15223
2- Serial Number: BA1C37290
3- Serial Number: AJ1A64384
4- Serial Number: BB1015068
5- Serial Number: AB1308436
6- Serial Number: JA1066169
3 Commodore C2N Cassettes; FCC ID: BR99VMC2N-A
1- Serial Number: 2644906
2- Serial Number: 2244157
3- Serial Number: 2201862
2 Commodore Datassettes; FCC ID: BR99VMC2N-A
4- Serial Number: 372569
5- Serial Number:1419210
1 Maxim Computer Cassette Unit; Model Number: PM-C16
5 Apple II Disk; FCC ID: BCG9GRDISKII; Model Number: A2M0003
1- Serial Number: 2147209
2- Serial Number: 1131734
3- Serial Number: 813903
4- Serial Number: 429981
5- Serial Number: 484451
Donations from Timothy P. Sweeney
1 Startfight Joystick
2 paddle joysticks
2 ATARI electrical cords
1 Atari joystick and STICKSTAND
1 ATARI 400, 16K
Model?# G 16K 441 2137
Serial? # 175 AVO43273-16 10/23 L4 (text ripped off sticker)
1 ATARI 410 Program Recorder
Model# T33589
Serial # 44862
1 ATARI 1050 Disk Drive DOS 3 (with powercord)
Serial # 7VDFF 23960 494
1 ATARI 800 XL
Serial #166528
1 SWITCH BOX CAO10112
Games
Ms. PAC-MAN, Atari Cartridge
MUSIC COMPOSER, ATARI CXL4007, Cartridge
EASTERN FRONT (1941): Computer Strategy Game, ATARI RX8039, Cartridge
BASIC COMPUTING LANGUAGE, ATARI CXL4002, Cartridge
PAC-MAN Computer Game, ATARI CXL4022, Cartridge
SUPER BREAKOUT Computer Games, ATARI CXL4006, Cartridge
Cribbage & Dominoes, for ATARI 400/800
Cassette
Instruction Manual
Sky Writer, ATARI Cartridge
DELTA DRAWING Learning Program, for ATARI 400/800/ALL X LS
Cartridge
Advertising insert for Spinnaker Software
Owners Manual
KICKBACK, for ATARI 400/800
Cartridge
Instruction manual
Flight Landing Simulator, Main Street Publishing, for Atari
5.25″ floppy
Instruction sheet
Microsailing, Main Street Publishing, for Atari
5.25″ floppy
CardWare: Animated Birthday Greeting Disk And All Occasion Card Maker, Commodore ATARI Flip Disk. C64/128 and ATARI 400/800
1 5.25″ floppy
Productivity Software/Blank Floppies/Cassettes
AtariLab starter set with temperature module. a science series for Atari computers. developed by Dickinson College. Atari Inc., 1983.
Owners manual
AtariLab Interface
AtariLab Thermometer
AtariLab temperature module cartridge
SynTrend: Graphing, Statistical Analysis & Forecasting, Atari
published by Synapse, copyright 1983
Owers manual
2 5.25″ floppies
SynFile+: The Ultimate Filing System, Atari
published by Synapse, copyright 1983
Owers manual
1 5.25″ floppies
SynCalc: Advanced Electronic Spreadsheet
published by Synapse, copyright 1983
Owers manual
2 5.25″ floppies
1 Blank Cassette, “Channel Master”
1 5.25″ Floppy, labelled “ATARI DOS 2.05 Single Density Working Disk”, DataTech 1D, Single Side/Double Density
1 5.25″ Floppy, labelled “DOS 3.0″, DataTech 1D, Single Side/Double Density
1 5.25″ Floppy, labelled “Homemade PGMS”, DataTech 1D, Single Side/Double Density
SUITCASE Font and Desk Acessory Liberation (for Apple Macintosh)
1 3.25″ floppy
Copyright 1987 Software Supply
Manuals
ATARI Disk Operating System Reference Manual, DOS 3, Atari Inc., 1983.
ATARI Service Contract: Low Cost Protection For Your Atari Home Computer, Atari Inc., 1983.
An Introduction to the ATARI Disk Operating System, DOS 3. Atari Inc., 1983.
ATARI 1050 Disk Drive Owner’s Guide, Atari Inc., 1983.
ATARI 1050 Disk Drive: An Introduction to the ATARI Disk Operating System, Atari Inc., 1983.
[pamphlet] THE ATARI 400 COMPUTER SYSTEM. COMPUTERS FOR THE PEOPLE. ATARI INC., 1981.
THE ATARI 400 COMPUTER SYSTEM: THE BASIC COMPUTER OWNER’S GUIDE. ATARI INC., 1981.
ATARI BASIC Reference Guide. Atari Inc., 1983.
[photocopied manual in white binder] ATARI BASIC. by Bob Albrecht, Le Roy Finkel, and Jerald R. Brown. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1979.
THE BIG BROTHER THESAURUS. Deneba Software, 1988. no floppy.
FileMaker 4: Setting the Data Management Standard. Nashoba Systems. For Apple Macintosh. 1983.
HyperCard Quick Reference Guide. Apple Computer.
HyperCard: Installation and new features. 1998, Apple Computer.
Write Now 4: POWER Word Processing For the Macintosh. 1993, WordStar International.
HyperCard 2.0 Script Language Guide. 1989, Apple Computer.
Ashton-Tate Learning Full Impact. Owners Manual. 1990, Ashton-Tate Corporation.
MAC PAC ’88 $110 in rebate coupons on these leading products. Envelope with coupons enclosed.
The ATARI 800XL Home Computer Owners Guide. 1983, Atari Inc.
Scram Computer Program: A Nuclear Power Plant Simulation. Atari 400/800. (no cartridge)
Magazines
10 Start Programs, from Family Computing. By Joey Lattimer. For Apple, Atari, Commodore 64 and VIC-20, TI, TIMEX, and TRS-80. 1983.
Family Computing: The Lure of Fantasy and Adventure Games. 1:2 (October 1983).
Family Computing: Preschool Computing: What’s Too Young? 1:3 (November 1983).
Family Computing: A Guide to Word Processing by Peter McWilliams. 1:4 (December 1983).
Family Computing: Computing Fun in the Sun. 2:1 (January 1984).
Family Computing: Computing and Careers. 2:4 (April 1984).
Family Computing: More Power for the Home. 3:11 (November 1985).
The Best of Family Computing Programs by Joey Latimer. 1985. Scholastic Inc.
Family Computing: Improve Your Job: Put Your Computer To Work at Home. 4:2 (February 1986).
Family Computing: Earn Money With Your Computer. 4:5 (May 1986).
Family Computing: Buyer’s Guide to Computers. 4:6 (June 1986).
Family Computing: Writing With Computers Part 1: How to Find the Right Word Processor for Your Needs. 4:8 (August 1986).
GPX Atari Program Exchange. Software Catalog Spring Edition 1982. User-Written Software for ATARI Home Computer Systems.
GPX Atari Program Exchange. Software Catalog Summer Edition 1982. User-Written Software for ATARI Home Computer Systems.
GPX Atari Program Exchange. Software Catalog Fall Edition 1982. User-Written Software for ATARI Home Computer Systems.
GPX Atari Program Exchange. Software Catalog Winter Edition 1982-1983. User-Written Software for ATARI Home Computer Systems.
Antic: The ATARI Resource. Communications special issue. 1:2 (June 1982).
Antic: The ATARI Resource. Printers special issue. 1:3 (August 1982).
ATARI SPECIAL ADDITIONS. Volume 1 Winter 1982. Catalog of Additional Products for your Atari Home Computer.
The ATARI Connection. 2:1 (Spring 1982). A New World of Information.
The ATARI Connection. 2:4 (Winter 1982). How to Introduce Your Child to a Home Computer.
The ATARI Connection Spring 1983. Debut: Atari 1200XL Home Computer
Donations from Robert Craig
1 Zenith Monitor for use with the Osborne computer
Model # ZVM-121
Chasis: 12MB15X
Service # ZVM-121 I5T?? (text unclear because ink is bleeding/fading)
Serial # 4045726
1 Osborne I with attached keyboard and power cable.
Date of purchase: 12/3/1082
Serial No. NA003113
Media
Osborne I User’s Reference Guide (Print)
Pub. 2/22/1982
Osborne User’s Guide – Applications and Programming (Print)
Copyright 1983
Media Master Plus Application – 5.5in Floppy
This two program package includes
Disk-to-disk format conversion software
ZP/EM 8-bit Emulation for MS-DOS
Booklet for Microlink computer program for the Osborne
Guidebook for “dBase II Assembly Language – Database Management System Version 23b”
Manual Revision 1.C 12
12/10/83
For use on the Osborne I
3 Binders
JRT Pascal User’s Guide
185 pages detailing common problems and their solutions for the JRT implementation of the Pascal programming language.
FOG Volumes III and IV
The First Osborne Group’s Monthly CP/M publications, from Vol III No. 8 (May 1984) to Vol IV No. 12 (September 1985)
FOG Volumes V and VI (and parts of VII)
The First Osborne Group’s Monthly CP/M publications, from Vol V No. 1 (October 1985) to Vol VII No.6 (March 1988)
Various Pamphlets/Guidebooks on
82 Space Raiders
Instructions for “Eliza” – Osborne I Version
Ozzy-Man User Instructions
Retail Advertisement/Order form for Portable Software, Inc’s Games, Applications, and Hardware Accessories
Key-Wiz ver 1.01
Gramatik Manual
The Double Density Upgrade for the Osborne one Computer “S/N AA50016um”
The 80 Column Upgrade “S/N BB06912”
Installation Procedure for Osborne Fan Assembly
EXMON external monitor adapter Instructions
Various Hardware for the Osborne I
Replacement back panel/handle attachement
Two screwdrivers – 1 Phillips, 1 specialty hexagonal shape
Two unknown Transistor-like replacement pieces, both 16 prong. Condition and use unknown
One converter, RCA to 20 prong system – possibly for use to convert video outputs
One 24 pronged replacement device
One Two pronged connector replacement piece
1 box of assorted 5.5 in Floppy disks (Some homemade, some purchased)
SS/SD Disk R/O Version 11
FOG – Starter.001
FOG – Starter.002
CPM.010 #1 of 2
CPM.010 #2 of 2
DU Disk Utility, Modem Program, Wash Utility
Grammatik
Addict Pack Disks 1-4
Portable Software Family Pack
Eliza Version 3.0 Microsoft BASIC-80 Version
Robot Gladiators
DBASE II Tutor Disks 1-6
DBASE II disk
DBASE II Zip
DBASE II Sample Data files
JRT Pascal Ver 3.0 Disks 1-3
Key-Wiz Sort-Wiz
Osborne CP/M System
Osborne CP/M Utility
Osborne Wordstar/Mailmerge
Osborne Micro Link
Osborn CBASIC/MBASIC
Supercalc
Media Archaeology and Digital Stewardship
Posted: October 11, 2012 Filed under: criticism, digital, e-literature, history of computing, media archaeology lab | Tags: digital preservation, digital stewardship, e-literature, Foucault, history of computing, Kittler, media archaeology, media studies 3 Comments »I was fortunate to have the chance to think through the relationship between the field of media archaeology, the Media Archaeology Lab, and digital preservation/stewardship thanks to this interview with Trevor Owens on the Library of Congress blog, The Signal, called “Media Archaeology and Digital Stewardship: An Interview with Lori Emerson.” The invitation to talk with Trevor was particularly fortuitous because Matthew Kirschenbaum had been here at CU Boulder the week before, discussing these very same issues in a faculty seminar he led called “Doing Media Archaeology.” You can read the interview here – I’d be interested in hearing comments you might have, especially about the possibility of a hardware/software resource sharing program.
photos of the Media Archaeology Lab’s holdings
Posted: October 5, 2012 Filed under: media archaeology lab | Tags: e-literature, history of computing, media archaeology 2 Comments »The Media Archaeology Lab was fortunate to have a visit this week from Kevin Kane, a talented student at the University of Colorado Boulder, who took a series of photos of some of the MAL’s holdings. We are working on compiling a complete, detailed catalogue of the lab’s complete holdings – until then, hopefully these photos give you a sense of the lab. Enjoy!
This picture captures most of the MAL’s fully functional Apple computers, from an Apple 1 replica to an iMac G4.
The MAL’s collection of PCs – from left to right: Kaypro II, Commodore 64, Vectrex, Compaq Portable, Commodore Amiga 500, IBM 5150, NeXT Cube.
The MAL has a substantial collection of Apple IIe’s – some are fully functional and others are in need of repair. Also notice the Mattel Aquarius computer on the third shelf.
The MAL also has a modest collection of games and software, particularly for Apple II, Commodore 64, and Commodore Amiga.
MAL’s growing collection of early e-literature.
Finally, the MAL has a collection of analog machines including this beautiful Califone record player from, I think, the 1960s.
MLA 2013 Special Session: Reading the Invisible and Unwanted in Old & New Media
Posted: May 15, 2012 Filed under: criticism, digital, e-literature, history of computing, media poetics | Tags: archives, digital humanities, digital media, e-literature, electronic literature, gaming, history of computing, interface, media archaeology, media poetics, MLA 2013, new media Leave a comment »[February 2013: I've posted an extended version of my MLA 2013 paper here.]
Below is the description for the MLA ’13 special session panel that Paul Benzon, Mark Sample, Zach Whalen, and I will present on in January. We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to pursue together issues related to Media Archaeology.
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Media studies is growing increasingly visible within the broader disciplines of literary and cultural studies, with several critical approaches bringing valuable shape and context to the field. Prominent among these approaches is a turn away from media studies’ longstanding fixation upon the new or the innovative as the most urgent and deserving site of study. Drawing on methodologies as diverse as book history, media archaeology, and videogame studies, this work on earlier media technologies has forged provocative connections between past and present contexts that hinge upon disjuncture and nonlinearity as often as upon continuity and teleology. At the same time, an increased attention to the material particulars of inscription, storage, circulation, and reception has developed the field beyond an early focus on narrative and representation.
New media scholars now look beyond screen-based media, to a broader range of technologies and sites of inquiry. This panel seeks to consider unseen, lost, or unwanted histories of writing/media. Each of the panelists focuses on a particular technology that is not only invisible to the broad history of media technology, but also relies upon loss and invisibility for its very functionality. In keeping with this dual valence, our emphasis on loss and invisibility is intended to raise questions aimed at our specific objects of analysis, but also at the deeper historical and disciplinary questions that these objects speak to: how does our understanding of media technology change when we draw attention to objects and processes that are designed to be invisible, out of view, concealed within the machine, or otherwise beyond the realm of unaided human perception? What happens when we examine the technological, social, and ideological assumptions bound up with that invisibility? How does privileging invisibility shed new light on materiality, authorship, interface, and other central critical questions within media studies?
The vexing relationship between invisibility and transparency is addressed head-on in Lori Emerson’s paper, “Apple Macintosh and the Ideology of the User-Friendly.” Emerson suggests that the “user-friendly” graphical user interface (GUI) that was introduced via the Apple Macintosh in 1984 was–and still is–driven by an ideology that celebrates an invisible interface instead of offering users transparent access to the framing mechanisms of the interface as well as the underlying flow of information. Emerson asserts this particular philosophy of the user-friendly was a response to earlier models of home computers which were less interested in providing ready-made tools through an invisible interface and more invested in educating users and providing them with the means for tool-building. Thus, the Apple Macintosh model of the GUI is clearly related to contemporary interfaces that utterly disguise the ways in which they delimit not only our access to information but also what and how we read/write.
A desire to renew critical attention on the most taken-for-granted aspect of computer writing and reading is at the heart of Zach Whalen’s paper, “OCR and the Vestigial Aesthetics of Machine Vision.” Whalen examines the origins of the technology that allows machines to read and process alphanumeric characters. While graceful typography is said to work best when it is not noticed–in other words, when hidden in plain sight–early OCR fonts had to become less hidden in order to make their text available for machine processing. Whalen focuses on the OCR-A font and the contributions of OCR engineer Jacob Rabinow, who argued on behalf of ugly machine-readable type that (although historically and technically contingent) its intrinsically artificial geometry could become its own aesthetic signifier.
The condensation and invisibility of textual information is taken up by Paul Benzon in his paper, “Lost in Plain Sight: Microdot Technology and the Compression of Reading.” Benzon uses the analog technology of the microdot, in which an image of a standard page of text is reduced to the size of a period, as a framework to consider questions of textual and visual materiality in new media. Benzon’s discussion focuses on the work of microdot inventor Emanuel Goldberg, who in the fifties worked alongside and in competition with the engineer Vannevar Bush, a seminal figure for new media studies. Benzon transforms the disregarded history of textual storage present in Goldberg’s work into a counter-narrative to the more hegemonic ideology of hypertext that has dominated new media studies.
Turning to an entirely invisible process that we can only know by its product, Mark Sample considers the meaning of machine-generated randomness in electronic literature and videogames in his paper, “An Account of Randomness in Literary Computing.” While new media critics have looked at randomness as a narrative or literary device, Sample explores the nature of randomness at the machine level, exposing the process itself by which random numbers are generated. Sample shows how early attempts at mechanical random number generation grew out of the Cold War, and then how later writers and game designers relied on software commands like RND (in BASIC), which seemingly simplified the generation of random numbers, but which in fact were rooted in–and constrained by–the particular hardware of the machine itself.
These four papers share a common impulse, which is to imagine alternate or supplementary media histories that intervene into existing scholarly discussions. By focusing on these forgotten and unseen dimensions, we seek to complicate and enrich the ways in which literary scholars understand the role of technologies of textual production within contemporary practices of reading and writing. With timed talks of 12 minutes each, the session sets aside a considerable amount of time for discussion. This panel will build on a growing conversation among MLA members interested in theoretically inflected yet materially specific work on media technologies, and it will also appeal to a broad cross-section of the MLA membership, including textual scholars, digital humanists, literary historians, electronic literature critics, and science and technology theorists.
the Apple Mac | a life in computing
Posted: July 11, 2011 Filed under: history of computing, media archaeology lab | Tags: apple macintosh, history of computing, media archaeology Leave a comment »Keith Moore has been the Archeological Media Lab‘s most generous donor and a consistent contributor to a series of guest blog posts that I’m calling “a life in computing” on the history of computing from the perspective of folks who have actually worked in the computer industry since the 1970s. Here he touches on his life with the Apple Mac and the line of Apple II computers. Thank you Keith for your posts!
1985 – The year of…
I am just now finishing up and recovering from the annual rotisserie baseball league draft that I hosted at my place on Sunday, last. We were talking about how long we’ve been at this. 26 years! This is not an attempt to impress with how time has just flittered away for those of us who are, say, 45+? Or is it? (45 is the new 39 for me.)
26 years ago. The spring of 1985. A long time ago for some, just back around the bend for others, I was a hobbyist/developer for Texas Instruments 99/4 computers for a number of years when I saw the advertisement that may well be the most famous ever in history. I had only been turned-on to the Apple family of computer and occasionally helped folks with their Apple II’s. Up to that point, I really thought that the Apple computers (Apple II mostly), while way more popular, were inferior to the TI. I still feel that way (16-bit versus 8-bit, color and sound built-in, and etcetera). However, I had seen computers that used more advanced graphics and user interfaces where I worked using Plato training systems. Like I said in a prior post, I had an interest in these large and clumsy big vector graphics screens and clunky keypads. And some of these systems were responsible for my “distractibility” in college. But in 1984, it was exciting to see Apple take an idea from the Palo Alto Research Center and turn it into something that was obviously a whole new approach to home computing.
Plato Computer (CDC Corporation)
From the day I saw the Apple Mac in magazines, I wanted one. Iwas a Byte magazine subscriber, but Apple chose to advertise this new machine in other periodicals. Check out these ads:
Original Newsweek Advertisement (Fall, 1984)
another print ad from 1984
Their advertising campaign turned out to be brilliant because it exposed the computer to folks who had a little bit of money (as opposed to geeks like me). The Mac, as it was called, was pricey compared to the computer pricing war that went on in the mid 1980’s. TI was basically killed-off in the low-end price war that killed almost all of the early companies. It probably remains for historians and business market analysis as to why most of those companies died off. But it is my opinion that the low-end computer market could not sustain the loss-leader distribution model that almost all companies took on at that time just to get name and market saturation. By the time the IBM clones were out (thanks to Compaq and others to follow) the market had already moved a little bit higher in price. One last note on the amazing 1984 ad and its impact and analysis over the years: recently, it was reported that Apple almost did not run the ad. An article in PC Magazine reported that the Apple board of directors didn’t want to run it. It is probably not too surprising that I was a good target for this little beast. I had just seen the Blade Runner movie and loved it and I am a big fan of 1984 (Orwell) and Metropolis (the movie).
As I said, I was not exactly a rich little nerd. I was working full time as I had since college (see my prior post about Vetrex). I read about the device and bought copies of MacWorld Issues 1-4. I thought there was no chance of getting one at a price tag the was around $2500 (my human memory may, or may not be right on this). But, it just so happened that I was given access to an employee discount (a deal that only lasted a few months). I suspect that part of this promotion was because Apple was going after the business and education market much more than most people realize now as they look back at all of the strife for home computing markets that was to follow into the 1990’s. At any rate, I saved-up my nickels and bought a Macintosh 512 (Fat Mac) with an external disk drive for about $2200 at that time. It was quite a deal but way more than I could afford.
Apple Macintosh 512
Here is what you got with a 512:
- Motorola 68000 8MHz CPU with the newer ROM software.
- 512K of RAM
- A one-button mouse, and little keyboard
- A 3.5” hard “Floppy” drive
- 9” black and white display with very high resolution for its time
I am cheating a bit by not mentioning the Lisa Computer which preceded this computer by well over a year and introduced these features (like the display, the mouse, processor, and etcetera). However, the repackaging of the same basic computer, and the successful software and marketing release made Mac viable whereas the Lisa failed because it was too expensive and lacked the software development enthusiasm that is necessary to succeed in the market. This is still true today. Look at the new generation of personal computers – hand-held phones. iPhone and Android prevail because the development community has embraced these operating environments for development of application software. If not for that, the devices wane and struggle for market viability.
The first few generations of Apple Mac lacked a hard drive and it took a while for third-party companies to develop them because the Apple device was a closed, proprietary architecture. (This is something that has contributed to creating a huge inflection point for the two dominant physical PC markets to-date (Microsoft/Linux or Apple.)
First Macintoshes took the chance on two/three huge new technologies: the 3.5” disk and the one-button mouse. Nearly everyone used keyboards and sometimes joysticks to control computers. Even Apple II computers had no mouse accessory. It was an all new interface to everyone except some who used the early PARC systems and the Lisa from Apple. The 3.5 drive turned out to be a standard all the way until the USB drive took its place in the the late 1990’s! It was a much longer lasting non-volatile memory device than its predecessors (the 8.5” and 5.25” floppy disks). This, combined with the strict software graphical User Interface (GUI) design guidelines, helped make Apple Mac very easy to learn to use and transfer interface skills from one software solution to another without a complete re-learn. With prior computer operating systems (especially personal computers), the interface was inconsistent from one software package to the next – even on the same computer.
Microsoft eventually had to buy/build something that could copy these similar capabilities. But the user interface consistency took years to become comparable to the Apple software interface consistency.
I could write for hours about the things I did with this machine: music, rotisserie baseball drafting and scoring, work, online software development and playing (CompuServe), and on and on. But I longed for a device with a hard drive. Eventually I got a used Mac SE but I kept using the Mac 512 with an aftermarket SCSI interface that I installed myself (along with a daughter card memory upgrade). It just seemed to go on and on. The machine that I donated is that very machine from February of 1985, the same year that we began our League of Mythical Batsmen. I never thought the baseball league would last as long as it did; nor did I expect that I’d be writing about a computer from 1985 in 2011!
- mkm
the lab’s latest addition: Compaq Portable III “laptop”
Posted: March 20, 2011 Filed under: history of computing, media archaeology lab | Tags: history of computing, laptop, portable computer Leave a comment »Thanks to a very generous donation by Wade Peterson, the Archeological Media Lab is now the proud owner of a Compaq Portable III “laptop” from, I believe, 1987 – a year which was heralded “the year of the laptop.” This early version of a portable computer weighs in at a mere 20 pounds and, as Wade rightly notes in an email to me, it is also remarkable for its orange gas-plasma screen pictured below. The computer uses DOS and, with a built-in 20 megabyte hard-drive, no floppy disks are required to run it. In 1988, it sold for nearly $5000.
