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Product package for Microsoft "Bob" software, 1994
This software package is part of a collection donated by Frank Catalano who was one of the first local broadcast journalists to cover the personal computer revolution in the 1980s. At that time, he created and hosted the weekly Northwest Computing show for KING-AM and, in the 1990s, tracked the tech industry with a long-running "Byte Me" column that first…
ID Number:2020.4.3
Date:1994
Microsoft "Bob" software for Windows CD-ROM, 1994
This software package is part of a collection donated by Frank Catalano who was one of the first local broadcast journalists to cover the personal computer revolution in the 1980s. At that time, he created and hosted the weekly Northwest Computing show for KING-AM and, in the 1990s, tracked the tech industry with a long-running "Byte Me" column that first…
ID Number:2020.4.4
Date:1994
CD-ROM for Medio Magazine premier issue, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 1994
This software package is part of a collection donated by Frank Catalano who was one of the first local broadcast journalists to cover the personal computer revolution in the 1980s. At that time, he created and hosted the weekly Northwest Computing show for KING-AM and, in the 1990s, tracked the tech industry with a long-running "Byte Me" column that first…
ID Number:2020.4.5
Date:1994
Promotional software package containing a CD-ROM for "Jim Henson The Muppet CD ROM," by Starwave Corporation, Bellevue, Washington, 1996
This software package is part of a collection donated by Frank Catalano who was one of the first local broadcast journalists to cover the personal computer revolution in the 1980s. At that time, he created and hosted the weekly Northwest Computing show for KING-AM and, in the 1990s, tracked the tech industry with a long-running "Byte Me" column that first…
ID Number:2020.4.8
Date:1996
Microsoft GLEAM T-shirt, white with pink triangle design, 1993
This is the first shirt created and distributed by the Microsoft employee group GLEAM (originally Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Employees at Microsoft, later renamed Global LGBTQI+ Employee & Allies at Microsoft). This shirt is from the same year that GLEAM became more formally organized under Microsoft's Diversity Advisory Council. These shirts were worn to PRIDE marches, parades, and other events.
ID Number:2021.21.1
Date:1993
Microsoft GLEAM T-shirt, white with "Microsoft Pride" design, 1994
One of the first four shirts created and distributed by the Microsoft employee group GLEAM (originally Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Employees at Microsoft, later renamed Global LGBTQI+ Employee & Allies at Microsoft). The design mimics the corporate marketing for that year. These shirts were worn to PRIDE marches, parades, and other events. GLEAM was started in the 1980s but was…
ID Number:2021.21.2
Date:1994
Microsoft GLEAM T-shirt, white with stick figures, 1995
One of the first four shirts created and distributed by the Microsoft employee group GLEAM (originally Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Employees at Microsoft, later renamed Global LGBTQI+ Employee & Allies at Microsoft). The designs usually mimicked the corporate marketing for that year. These shirts were worn to PRIDE marches, parades, and other events. GLEAM was started in the 1980s but…
ID Number:2021.21.3
Date:1995
Microsoft GLEAM T-shirt, black with "I can't even code straight" text, 1996
One of the first four shirts created and distributed by the Microsoft employee group GLEAM (originally Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Employees at Microsoft, later renamed Global LGBTQI+ Employee & Allies at Microsoft). The front says, “I can’t even code straight” and the back includes a design which imitates the Windows ’95 logo. These shirts were worn to PRIDE marches, parades,…
ID Number:2021.21.4
Date:1996
TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer and peripherals, ca. 1983
The TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer was introduced in 1983 by Tandy and Microsoft, and sold in Radio Shack stores. The 32 KB read-only memory of the Model 100 contains the Microsoft BASIC 80 programming language and was the last computer that Bill Gates had a direct hand in progamming the operating system. He is quoted in an interview with…
ID Number:2022.100computer.1
Date:Circa 1983
Blue polka dot dress, ca. 1992
This blue dress with small polka-dots was worn by Tracey Conway on the Seattle television comedy show Almost Live! which aired from 1984 to 1999 on KING5 in Seattle. In its earliest years, Almost Live! was like a local version of the Tonight Show, but in 1989 the format changed to be a 30-minute sketch comedy show. Cast member Tracey…
ID Number:2023.15.8
Date:Circa 1992