Software, Blasto for the TI99/4A Microcomputer
date: label: date made
content: 1980
name: label: maker
content: Texas Instruments
notes: label: Description
content: Buyers of TI computers, including the TI-99/4A, could purchase a variety of software modules, These were sold in black cases. According to the manual for this program (see 1990.3142.17.01 for the manual), the program was a game that could be played using the optional wired remote controllers that could be purchased with the computer. The BLASTO trademark belonged to Mildon Bradley Company. The game "Puts you n command of an armored tank traveling through a dangerous mine field. You score points by destroying mine or blasting your opponent's tank!"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Shane & Scott Briscoe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.3142.17
label: catalog number
content: 1990.3142.17
label: nonaccession number
content: 1990.3142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: software
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 cm x 7 cm x 1.05 cm; 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 7/16 in