Book, Instruction
- Object Name:
- Book, Instruction
- Object ID:
- 2003.003.08 a-b
- Date:
- 1983
- Description:
- Operating manual, Microsoft Guide to Operations. Three-ring binder with cardboard cover, exterior covered with red, textured and coated paper, interior with black paper. White silk-screened lettering on front cover: "IBM" in upper left corner, "PERSONAL COMPUTER / HARDWARE REFERENCE / LIBRARY" in upper right corner, horizontal line across center with "GUIDE TO OPERATIONS / BY MICROSOFT CORP." underneath and on spine: "IBM", "GUIDE TO OPERATIONS" and "6025000", round paper sticker near top with "2.02". Three metal D-rings on a metal strip riveted to the back cover. Loose-leaf, three-hole punched papers in binder. Paper section dividers with plastic-covered tabs. A multi-page pamphlet "IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER" is hole-punched and is in rings. A clear plastic sleeve with three pockets holding three 5.25 inch floppy disks, "EXPLORING THE IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER" (two disks) and "DIAGNOSTICS", is hole-punched as is the last item in the binder. Raised text along the left edge of the plastic sleeve between the top two holes: "ITEM NO. 6172206". Binder slides into a cardboard slipcase cover which is covered on the exterior with light khaki textured and coated paper, paper extends to inside edge, white number on inside edge: "6081421". White lettering on right side: "PERSONAL COMPUTER HARDWARE REFERENCE LIBRARY", horizontal white line across center with "IBM" below. Front edges have semi-circular cutouts in middle of edge.
- Material:
- Paper
Metal
Plastic
Cardboard - Dimensions:
- H-9.5 W-2.375 D-8 inches
- Provenance:
- Goes with computer used by the donors at their home in Manchester, NH, from 1984 until it stopped working in 1999 or 2000.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William E. and June M. Vander Haegen
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