Joseph A. Weisbecker papers

About this collection

    Joe Weisbecker was an engineer at RCA who invented an 8-bit microcomputer architecture that became the foundation of RCA’s microprocessor business. During the 1970s, he contributed to the development of RCA’s programmable video game and educational systems: FRED, STUDIO II, STUDIO III, and STUDIO IV, and Microtutor. Weisbecker also ran his own business, Komputer Pastimes, which created computer language-based games for children and adults, children’s books, toys, and greeting cards.
    This digital collection comprises digital files extracted from cassette tapes found in Weisbecker's collection as well as selected materials related to RCA's video game systems and Komputer Pastimes. The video clips of gameplay were provided by Kevin Bunch working from binaries converted from tapes by Andy Modla and Marcel van Tongeren. For more information, see the emulator developed and maintained by Marcel van Tongeren.
    These materials are part of Record Group 11, 'Solid State Research Division records, 1899-2001' in the David Sarnoff Research Center records (Accession 2464.09) collection, which is itself part of the David Sarnoff Library collections (Accession 2464). These collections were the holdings of the David Sarnoff Library, founded in 1967 as part of the David Sarnoff Research Center. When the library closed in 2009, its archival collections were donated to Hagley Library.
    Image: Controllers and consoles photographs, 1977. Click here to view in the collection.

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