Summary
Alternative name: Laser disc.
10.2 GB optical disk manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company in the late 1980s and used by Kodak Australasia, Coburg,
The Eastman Kodak optical disks were designed to store digital data, and represented one of the earliest commercial products for electronic image and document storage, before the era of digital cameras. Sold commercially from about 1988, the Eastman Kodak 14 inch diameter disks were 'write once-read many times' with a 100 year archiving guarantee, and were typically used in automated libraries, with readers colloquially known as 'jukeboxes', which had up to 100 disk capacity. The disks were typically sold to system developers, who had to develop their own software to operate the disks.
This disk is part of the Kodak collection of products, promotional materials, photographs and working life artefacts collected from Kodak Australasia in 2005, when the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down.
Kodak manufactured and distributed a wide range of photographic products to Australasia, such as film, paper, chemicals, cameras and miscellaneous equipment. Its client base included amateur and professional photographers, as well as specialist medical and graphic art professionals who used photography, x-ray and other imaging techniques.
Physical Description
Square grey plastic body housing an optical disk cartridge.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Ms. Kate Metcalf - Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 2005
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Acknowledgement
Courtesy of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd.
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Manufacturer
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York State, United States of America, late 1980s
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User
Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Coburg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, late 1980s - 1990s
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Inscriptions
Printed, sticker lower left, grey ink: 'KODAK / Optical Disk Media / [extensive text]'
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Classification
Computing & calculating, Digital computing, Storage & retrieval
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Overall Dimensions
440 mm (Width), 27 mm (Depth), 420 mm (Height)
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