Stephen M. Cabrinety Collection in the History of Microcomputing, circa 1975-1995
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Collection contains approximately 8,500 software titles, as well as computer hardware, peripheral devices, hand-held games, and computer industry literature documenting the microcomputing gaming industry during its formative years. Accession 2016-277 includes approximately 230 games, some ephemera, software books and manuals, computer peripherals, and other material.
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Extent | 1,391 linear feet |
| Place | California |
| Publication date | 1975 - 1995 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Cabrinety, Stephen M |
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Subjects
| Subject | Cabrinety, Stephen M |
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| Subject | Computer adventure games |
| Subject | Computer engineering |
| Subject | Computer games |
| Subject | Computer industry |
| Subject | Computer software industry |
| Subject | Computer war games > Computer programs |
| Subject | Computers |
Bibliographic information
| Acquisition | Gift of Patricia and Lawrence P. Cabrinety, 1998, 1999, and 2002. Gift of Margaret Cabrinety, 2016. Accession MSS 2016-277. |
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| Biographical/Historical | Stephen M. Cabrinety (born Aug. 4, 1966) was Director of Development of Superior Software, Inc. He founded the non-profit organization, the Computer History Institute for the Preservation of Software (C.H.I.P.S.) in 1989. His dream was to permanently locate his collection where it could serve as a museum, an educational tool and an archive for scholarly research. He died on Oct. 4, 1995. |
| Location |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/rt210jg0056 |
| Location | Finding aid available online |
| Location | Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 |