About this objectBlack floppy disk, made by Amsoft. A label on one side a reads "STD CPM Boot Disc + SPL Profile. Sub". A label on the other side reads "Copy of CP/M Disc 3 CP/M Utils". The floppy disk comes with the original Amsoft protective sleeve 2022.35.4.1.
This floppy disk was from Amstrad Computer system that was used to run the Hitchin Festival from the 1990s to 2019. The floppy disks are part of a 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
Card
Inscription and MarksAmsoft production label to both sides
Hand written notes to one side "STD CPM Boot Disc + SPL profile. Sub." The other side reads "Copy of CP/M Disc 3, CP/M Utils."
