Included gubbins
Polaroid CI-5000 documentation, software, marketing materials, sample images and more!

Documentation
My CI-5000 came with a whole envelope of assorted documentation, although unfortunately a lot is missing... 

 

 In the interest of preservation I've scanned everything I have, and here's where you can find that :) 

 I believe most of these are from October-December 1992 (the included floppies have a date code of Oct92, and my machine was manufactured in November 1992) 

 

 

 

 Palette Driver Installation Guide 

 

 

A walk-through of installing the Palette GS/WS drivers onto a DOS system PaletteDriverInstallGuide_Optimized.pdf 

 

 Polaroid Digital Palette GS/WS 'Making Output - Chapter 5' 

 

 This seems to be a basic guide on how to use the included Digital Palette WS and Digital Palette GS software for DOS/Win3.1. 

 PaletteGS_WSProducingGraphics_Optimized.pdf 

 

 Polaroid Digital Palette 'Producing Graphics' 

 

How to send graphics from the included 35mm Express software to a Digital Palette film recorder. This one includes a handy reference to several error codes that the recorder may throw :) PaletteProducingGraphics_Optimized.pdf 

 

 Polaroid Digital Palette 4x5 System 

 

An add-in pack for the Digital Palette manual, explaining how to use the 4x5 film accessories. Also includes the contents page for that manual, however unfortunately none of the manual was included. DigitalPalette_4x5System_Optimized.pdf 

 

 Polaroid 4x5 Camera Adapter 

 

 

Mostly a guide on how to use the Polaroid 545/545i 4x5 film holders, along with the 4x5 adapter for the Palette. 4x5CamAdapter_Optimized.pdf that's these thingies :) 

 

(you'll have to excuse the messy workbench!)

Software
My Palette also came with four software/driver floppy disks for DOS/Windows 3.1, as well as a burnt CD containing version 1.1 of GraphX Inc's RasterPlus95 

 I haven't yet been able to archive the software on these disks yet due to losing my USB floppy drive, but here's some scans of their labels :) 

 All of these date from October 1992.

Marketing materials
Some various 90s marketing brochures and cards that came with my Palette :) 

 A proper blast from the past! 

 

 

 

 "Presentation Express" product brochure 

 "Polaroid's NEW Presentation Graphics Software" - circa 1992 

 BUSINESS! COMPUTERS! WOW!! PDF download: 

 PresentationExpressBrochure.pdf 

 

 "Art Department II" flyer/card 

 "Announcing Art Department II, a CGM medical clip art library" - 1992 

 These could have been interesting, imagine the spooky skeletons in here! PDF download: ArtDeptIIAd.pdf 

 

 

 Palette Registration card 

 "We'll send you one of our Presentation Products, FREE!" - 1992 

 

 Phwoarr, free film! My Palette actually came with several rolls of Presentation Chrome and High Contrast Polachrome, all of which (surprisingly) still worked in 2015/16!! In fact, there may still be some in the fridge! PDF download: PaletteRegistrationCard.pdf

RasterPlus95 sample images
The included RasterPlus95 software came bundled with some gloriously 90s sample images! 

 Converted from PostScript to hi-res JPEGs/TIFFs, and presented here for your viewing pleasure! 

 

 

 

 "Four Mice" - MacUser May '92 

 

 Downloads: JPEG (3299x2541px) 5MB or  TIFF (3299x2541px) 24MB or PostScript (.ps) if that's your jam 

 

 "DIVER" 

 Downloads: JPEG (3299x2323px) 3.3MB or TIFF (3299x2323pc) 3.4MB or PostScript 

 

 

 "SNOWBARN" 

 Downloads: JPEG (3299x2246px) 2.8MB or TIFF 28.2MB or PostScript 

 

 

 "EYE" 

 Downloads: JPEG (3300x2475px) 1.2MB or TIFF 28.2MB or Encapsulated PostScript