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From: sqh@dhw68k.cts.com (Steve Hubbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Hypercard->Pioneer
Message-ID: <1990Nov20.053612.23606@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 20 Nov 90 05:36:12 GMT
Organization: Wolfskill & Dowling residence; Anaheim, CA (USA)
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I need some advice from all of you Hypercard/Multi-media gurus out
there.

I am working on a project with an English teacher to help
create some interactive stacks and presentations in the classroom.

What she would like to do is to be able to control the "Pioneer LD-V4200
Laservision Player" interactively from a Hypercard stack.  She would
like the ability to have the Mac play a short segment of the laserdisc,
stop, allow her to talk, and then play another section (jumping around
the disk).  In the near future, she would also like to create much
more sophistocated stacks with much greater student interaction.

What I could use some help with is the control of the Pioneer.
Unfortunately, I was unable to find any reference materials on
the command format for controlling the laser-disc player.  We DO have a
cable and it is hooked up to the Mac, so that is not a problem.

I would love some sample code from anyone who has done something
similar in the past.  If anyone has tackled something like this,
I would love to know how you did it from Hypercard!   How did you
communicate to the laser-disc player?  Even if it wasn't a Pioneer,
it still may be helpful!

Thanks....
sqh@dhw68k.cts.com
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