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From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.databases,comp.ivideodisc
Subject: Re:   Videodisc control from 4th Dimension
Keywords: videodisc, 4th Dimension, xcmd
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Date: 24 Jan 91 15:52:19 GMT
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In article <1991Jan24.022909.24157@portia.Stanford.EDU> galper@dna.stanford.edu (Adam Galper) writes:
>I'm trying to control access to a videodisc player (Pioneer 6000) from
>within a relational database application, written in 4th Dimension for
>the Mac.  Before I set out to do it myself, has anybody out there either
>1) written the 4D external interface routines already (in C preferably),
>

At MacWorld Expo, ACIUS was demoing a 4D application which would control
a videodisc player, a VCR, and launch animation sequences from MacroMind
Director.  I didn't have more than a cursory look at it, but it would
seem to fill the bill.  The developers were two guys from ACIUS (Todd
Carper and A.J. Jennings, I think), and it will eventually be sold for
$200, but someone at the company may be willing to discuss how this can
be done in a generic way.  Since the original sender is from Stanford,
he may be able to talk with one of the developers in person in Cupertino.

John Heckendorn
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