Summary
'Terra Australis' is a computer game on 5¼ inch diskettes, two booklets and 12 sheets of paper in a plastic folder.
This copy was owned by the Computer Education program Latrobe Valley SSC Morwell [Victoria, Australia]. [SSC is Senior Secondary College]
Published by Jacaranda Software, Brisbane, Australia, in 1988.
The game was collected because it is representative of games developed for the Apple II series of computers. and because it was manufactured by an Australian company.
Part of a representative collection of hardware, software, trade literature and promotional material that documents the history of the Apple company, and its contribution to, and impact on the computer industry and society.
Physical Description
A plastic folder with two 5 1/4 inch diskettes, two booklets, a Student guide of 36 pages and a Teachers guide of 20 pages and 12 sheets of printed paper with puzzles, maps and games.
More Information
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Collection Names
The Apple Company Collection, Internet Macintosh User Group (iMug) Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Barrie Heard, 22 Nov 2006
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Manufacturer
Jacaranda, Brisbane, Greater Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1988
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Format
Magnetic carrier, Floppy disk, 5 1/4 inch
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Inscriptions
The cover of the plastic folder has a label with the logo for Jacaranda Software the game title" Terra Australia - Voyages of trade and discovery Tevor Jacob and Jim Vellios the cover has two adhesive labels 1, hand written " 2067: 2, A circular label " a 13 cm disk for the APPLE IIe, IIc, I(Igs, ISBN 0 7016 2393 4 Disk Labels 1: startup disk 2: Voyage disk Booklets : 1. Terra Australis - Student's Guide 2. Terra Australis - Teachers Guide 12 Pieces of paper: Software notice inside of cover page 3 and folded A4 sheets that include the following: log , maps, puzzles, ship diagrams, activity sheets and word puzzles etc
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Type of item
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Approximate Dimensions
230 (Length), 175 (Width), 10 (Height)
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References
[Link 1] (accessed 13 August 2008)
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Keywords
Computer Games, Computer Software, Computers, Computing, Education, Entertainment
