Information Manager

Cartridge

Box

Manual

 

Originally thought to be vaporware, this rare cartridge has recently turned up in the hands of a VideoBrain collector.  However this cartridge proved to be full of surprises, when the collector noticed that the label had peeled up and revealed that it was a prototype!

 

The back of the cartridge also provided some interesting information.

 

Unfortunately without a manual, using Information Manager is almost impossible.  All we know at this point is that it require Expander 1 (which makes sense) and will throw an I/O Error if you try and run the cartridge without it.

If Expander 1 is plugged in Information Manager presents a menu asking you to either ENTER a program, REVIEW a program, or EDIT a program.

If you select ENTER you will be asked to enter a Database name, a Program name, a program Length, and a program Type.  Since without the instruction manual there is no way to know exactly what Information Manager is asking for, this is about as far as we can get. 

Information Manager was listed in the VideoBrain newsletter as one of four titles that made it to the prototype stage but were never released (Computer Life, Historical Simulation, Musicianship I were the others).  We'll have more information on this title as soon as it can be examined.