John Whitman Christmas Diskette Collection
name: label: Donor
content: Whitman, John (President of Oakland Group, Inc.)
label: Names
content: Micromedia Software
label: Names
content: Oakland Group, Inc.
place: label: Place
content: England
topic: label: Topic
content: Christmas
label: Topic
content: Games
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by the Oakland Group, Inc., Micromedia Software, through John Whitman, President, December 1983.
creator: label: Donor
content: Whitman, John (President of Oakland Group, Inc.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: John Whitman Christmas Diskette Collection
bioghist: label: Historical
content: The computer Christmas card graphics were created by Andrea Faeth and programmed by Craig Counterman, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Direcor of Programming at Micromedia Software. John Whitman wrote the story. 

Once the Christmas card is running on the computer, the card will ask several questions like, "What is your first name?" "What do you want for Christmas?" And, "Do you believe in Santa Claus?" Then a personalized Christmas story will appear on the screen, with color pictures and Christmas carols. After the story, two computer games--Christmas Tree and Multiple Joys--are available to play.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980-1981, 1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0091
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Diskettes
label: Type
content: Floppy disks
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed by Robert Harding, archivist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Diskettes
label: Genre/Form
content: Floppy disks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection consists of one 5 ½" x 5 ½" floppy diskette from John Whitman of Bumble Bytes, a subsidiary of Micromedia Software in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The diskette contains a surprise greeting card/gift for someone with an Apple computer. The floppy diskette contains a computer program that will run on any Apple computer model II, II+, IIe or /// (in emulation mode).