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Software on 8" Floppy Disks

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Ohio Scientific
Description
This box contains fifteen 8" floppy disk in sleeves. Many of the disks are marked Ohio Scientific (also known as Ohio Scientific Instruments), an American computer company that was located in Hiram, Ohio. They built and sold microcomputers from 1975 to 1981.
The disks labels are:
Ohio Scientific CP/M V2.25, 051-01116
Accounting System MASTER "Copy"
Ohio Scientific C3 UTILITIES, JUL 23 1980
Ohio Scientific DEMO DISK, JUL 23 1980
Ohio Scientific OS-65D V3.2, 80-0776, JUL 24 1980
Ohio Scientific OS-65D V3.2, 80-0776, JUL 24 1980 (2nd copy)
Ohio Scientific OS-65U V1.2, LEVEL 1, 80-0757, AUG 5 1980
Ohio Scientific OS-65U V1.2, LEVEL 1, 80-0757, AUG 5 1980 (2nd copy)
Ohio Scientific OS-65U v1.44, CD-36/74 (FD)
Ohio Scientific OS-65U v1.44, CD-36/74 (HD)
Ohio Scientific OS-DMS GENERAL LEDGER, 80-0165-F, SEP 30 1980
Ohio Scientific OS-DMS NUCLEUS, 80-0453-A, SEP 30 1980
Ohio Scientific OS-DMS PLANNER, 80-0023, NOV 20 1980
Ohio Scientific OS-DMS SORT, 80-0453-A, SEP 30 1980
wp-3 Serial, SAMPLE Prototype, S TABS TABD INSERT
Reference:
http://www.technology.niagarac.on.ca/people/mcsele/hobby/vintage-ohio-scientific-computers/
[Last accessed 6/12/2019]
Location
Currently not on view
ca 1980
ID Number
2012.3098.046
catalog number
2012.3098.046
nonaccession number
2012.3098
Object Name
software
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
plastic (overall material)
cardboard (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 8 3/4 in x 8 5/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 22.225 cm x 21.9075 cm x 4.7625 cm
See more items in
Medicine and Science: Computers
Computers & Business Machines
National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1696117
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b1-f58d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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