Microsoft Word 1.0 Software with Mouse and Documentation
date: label: date made
content: 1983
name: label: maker
content: Microsoft Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: In 1983, Microsoft Corporation launched the word processing program Word. On the tenth anniversary of that occasion, the company donated to the museum two 5 1/4" floppy disks. One is marked: WORD 1.0- DOS (/) SYSTEM DISK (/) DISK 1 0F 2. The other is marked: WORD 1.0 - DOS (/) PROGRAM DISK (/) DISK 2 of 2. Both are stored in a plastic three-ring binder with a document entitled: MICROSOFT WORD (/) Word Processing Program (/) For IBM Personal Computer. The document is dated 1983.
label: Description
content: Also received with this documentation is a Microsoft computer mouse. It has a white plastic exterior, two green buttons, and a cord. A mark stamped on the top reads: MICROSOFT. A mark on the side reads: mouse. A mark on the connector read: DEC-9P (/) JAE. This was the first form of mouse sold by Microsoft and was sold bundled with Word and other products.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Microsoft Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.3120.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.3120.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1993.3120
objectType: label: Object Name
content: software
label: Object Name
content: mouse
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: mouse: 3.3 cm x 6 cm x 10 cm; 1 5/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 3 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: documentation: 5.5 cm x 21 cm x 23.7 cm; 2 5/32 in x 8 9/32 in x 9 11/32 in