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Cavalier Computer

Cavalier Computer, later Cavalier Computer Corporation, is a defunct software company that produced video games for the Apple II. The company was founded in 1981 by high school classmates Jim Nitchals and Barry Printz and achieved an early success with Bug Attack, a game similar to Centipede that ranked among the top 30 software titles of 1982. Jim Nitchals died at age 36 in 1998.

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Cavalier Computer, later Cavalier Computer Corporation, is a defunct software company that produced video games for the Apple II. The company was founded in 1981 by high school classmates Jim Nitchals and Barry Printz and achieved an early success with Bug Attack, a game similar to Centipede that ranked among the top 30 software titles of 1982. Jim Nitchals died at age 36 in 1998.

Key claims

  1. date of death: 1998 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 1981 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of death is "1998". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1981". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359397895

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