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From: Hooper_TA@cc.curtin.edu.au (Todd Hooper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HC and videodiscs
Message-ID: <3842.270b035a@cc.curtin.edu.au>
Date: 4 Oct 90 01:39:37 GMT
References: <gb2YVSK00Uh_A2T3Yr@andrew.cmu.edu>
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
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In article <gb2YVSK00Uh_A2T3Yr@andrew.cmu.edu>, ch2i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Charles A. Hill) writes:
> I'm thinking of eventually incorporating a videodisc into my research
> project, which is concerned with teaching biology concepts to junior
> high students. At this point, I'm working entirely with hypercard stacks.
> 
> My question is, can a videodisc be programmed through hypercard and
> linked up to take commands from a hypercard stack?  I'm thinking of
> something like Hyperscan, which lets you control the scanner entirely
> from within HC.

Check out the 'Voyager VideoStack' toolkit which contains a whole bunch
of XCMD's to program the player. We've used it here successfully.

Voyager Corporation are at 1351 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica.
The toolkit sells for about A$130 in Australia.

APDA also have the 'HyperCard VideoDisc toolkit' - this is A$45 here
in Australia. I haven't seen this so I don't know what it is like.

Disclaimer : I have no connection with either company.

Todd