Colorsketch & Supermath, Apple II, 1979, Vintage Computer Program Cassette
Year First Appeared
1979
Creator
R. Graff
A 1979 Apple II cassette from Apple Computer bundling Color Sketch, a basic drawing utility, and Super Math, an arithmetic practice program. Issued as part of Apple’s early “Apple Tapes” introductory software series (serial 685-0004-00).
Importance in Internet Culture
As early, widely distributed home‑computer tools for creation and learning, Apple’s Color Sketch and Super Math helped normalize interactive graphics and self‑directed study, patterns that later migrated to paint programs, ed‑tech software, and ultimately to creative and learning experiences on the web.
Interesting Fact
The Super Math cassette label explicitly credits the author, “© 1977 R. Graff”, alongside “© 1979 Apple Computer Inc.”, and both sides share the same Apple part number (685‑0004‑00) and the Integer BASIC prompt instruction “>LOAD 16K, ” indicating 16 KB cassette loading from the Integer BASIC prompt.