About this objectBlack floppy disk, made by Amsoft. A label on one side reads Locoscript and CP/M System Tools on the other.
This floppy disk was from the Amstrad computer system that was used to run the Hitchin Festival ticket bookings from the 1990s to 2019.
The floppy disk is part of the donation 2022.33-39 which includes the Amstrad computer set and various notes on how to work the antiquated machine.
The computer made local headlines in July 2018 when Hitchin BID Manager Tom Hardy tweeted Lord Alan Sugar, founder of Amstrad, to say “Your Amstrad computer has been printing our Hitchin Festival tickets for 25 years! Still going strong with 50,000 tickets printed over the years. Is this a record?”. Lord Sugar replied “I can’t comment on the record but it must be close. Great machine. 0.00798p per ticket.”
MakerAmsoft
Maker RoleManufacturer
Date Madec.1990s
Period20th Century (1901-2000)
Place MadeJapan
Medium and MaterialsPlastic
Metal
Inscription and MarksProduction label to one side.
Handwritten notes to either. One side reads "Locoscript", the other side reads "CP/M System Tools"
