Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Activision and Lightspan Partnership hard drive backup [Macintosh 8mm data tape], 1988–1994
Series
Identifier: VOLK-1
Scope and Contents
This hard drive (titled "nonnetwork backups-1" when recovered) contains files from William Volk's work at Activision from 1988–1994, as well as some files and videos related to Volk's work at Lightspan Partnership.
Dates:
1988–1994
Lightspan Partnership hard drive backup [Macintosh 8mm data tape], 1995
Series
Identifier: VOLK-2
Scope and Contents
This hard drive (titled "nonnetwork backups-2" when recovered) primarily contains files from William Volk's work at Lightspan Partnership in 1994. A substantial amount of this backup is personal correspondence, particularly about Volk's interest in recumbent cycling.
Dates:
1995
William Volk papers
Collection
Identifier: VOLK
Abstract
William Volk was the Vice President of Technology at Activision from 1988–1994. As VP of technology, Volk served as technical lead for Activision's efforts to produce CD-ROM and multimedia titles.
Volk led production on the Multimedia Applications Development Environment (MADE) and the FlexImage multimedia compression standard, both of which were used in the development of the 1993 game Return to Zork. Volk produced many of Activision's CD-ROM titles, including ...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1988–1994; Existence: backup created October 26, 1994