Software, Music Maker for the TI99/4A Microcomputer: Museum Object and Cultural History
Software, Music Maker for the TI99/4A Microcomputer: date made: 1980. maker: Texas Instruments. Object Name: software.
The object in the museum catalogue
The Music Maker software, combined with a command module, made it possible to compose and hear music from the TI-99/8A microcomputer. For documentation relating to the program, see 1990.3142.32. That boasts: "Use the computer to compose music. Simply enter your compositon, and the computer plays it back instantly."
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1980
- maker: Texas Instruments
- Object Name: software
- Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 2.3 cm x 7 cm x 1.05 cm; 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 7/16 in
- ID Number: 1990.3142.19
- catalog number: 1990.3142.19
- nonaccession number: 1990.3142
- Credit Line: Shane & Scott Briscoe
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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