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From: rnf@shumv1.uucp (Rick Fincher)
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
Subject: Re: Interactive Sources?
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Date: 27 Oct 89 15:25:48 GMT
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In article <43000001@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu> wheeler@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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>I am interested in tracking down (no pun intended) any and all sources of
>interactive media on either 5" (usually CD ROM) or 12" (LaserDisc) discs.
>Are there any bibliographies, catalogs, flyers, etc. to be ordered?
>Recommendations, or simply just comments, on accompanying software programs
>would be appreciated.  I am interested in developing teaching applications
>with this technology.  My fields of specific interest are urban and regional
>planning and environmental planning.  I have access to several systems and
>(hopefully) the necessary equipment.  I will post e-mail responses, if
>so requested.       Thanks in advance!  @  @
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You may want to contact Teaching Technologies, PO Box 3808, San Luis Obispo, CA
, 93403-3808.  They sell a whole range of products.  They also offer a pre-
mastering service for creating videodiscs.  Another Company is New Vision Tech-
nologies, 447 Burnett Ave., San Francisco, CA  94131-1330 (415) 285-8744. The
phone number for Teaching Tech. is (805) 541-3100.

Also Miami-Dade College has several products in this area.

You may want to consider a program called HyperStudio for the Apple IIgs.
It is much like HyperCard for the Mac but it has color and built in drivers
for several video disc players.  If you use it with the Apple II Video Over-
lay Card you can put your video on your RGB computer screen.  It is publish-
ed by Roger Wagner Publishing, 1050 Pioneer Way, Ste. P, El Cajon, CA,
92020, (619) 442-0522.

Rick