rrohwedder@cdp.UUCP (09/23/89)
Greetings. Does anyone out there have some contact information on a videodisc (or perhaps a CD Rom) project called EcoDisk. I believe that Apple Computer and the BBC are working on it together. I've heard that it is a simulation of an ecosystem (or something to that effect). I need a name, address, phone #, etc of a contact person. THANKS a bunch. -- Rocky Rohwedder P.S. I'm hoping to include this in a book I'm editing on Computer- Aided Environmental Education.
tscott@HP-UX.ucsd.edu (Tony Scott) (09/26/89)
In article <133200005@cdp> rrohwedder@cdp.UUCP writes: > >Greetings. Does anyone out there have some contact information on >a videodisc (or perhaps a CD Rom) project called EcoDisk. I believe >that Apple Computer and the BBC are working on it together. I've >heard that it is a simulation of an ecosystem (or something to that >effect). I need a name, address, phone #, etc of a contact person. > >-- Rocky Rohwedder > Ecodisk was a BBC project, which I believe has been implemented so far for the Acorn BBC Master interactive video kit, and the Research Machines Nimbus interactive video kit, both distributed to a number of UK school districts. I believe part of the idea was to make use of the technology which had been developed for the BBC Domesday anniversary project, but there were delays because standards changed. try National Interactive Video Centre, part of UK Council of Educational Technology, in London. Tony Scott, Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition, UCSD
blob@apple.com (Brian Bechtel) (09/26/89)
The Ecodisc CD-ROM is a "demonstrator" produced by Apple Computer UK, Ltd and BBC Interactive Television Unit. The only address I can find on my copy is the address to send feedback, which is: Peter Bratt Ecodisc CD-ROM Survey Interactive Television Unit BBC Elstree Centre, Clarendon Road BOREHAMDWOOD, Herts, WD6 1JF U.K. This CD-ROM is a simulation of a nature reserve, with digitial photographic images, graphics, sound, text and data. It supports several languages, although not completely (remember, this is a demonstration, not a finished product.) --Brian Bechtel blob@apple.com "My opinion, not Apple's"