andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) (06/02/85)
I have three "computer products catalog data sheets" which describe
space-related videodiscs available from NASA. These sheets are
normally used to describe software, and includes blocks for "file size
in number of reels or punched cards", "programming language", and
"operating system", all of which have been left blank. In each case,
the following address is given:
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Driver
Pasadena, California 91103
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ACCESSION NUMBER
PB84-191162
CONTRIBUTING AGENCY REPORT NUMBER
NASA/DF-84/001 (see AVAILABILITY STATEMENT below)
PRODUCT NAME
Selected NASA JPL Mission Video Images (Videodisc)
DESCRIPTORS OF PRODUCT
Data File
DATES OF COVERAGE
1982
AVAILABILITY STATEMENT - AGENCY NAME AND ADDRESS, ORDER NO., ETC.
This data file supersedes PB83-223 123 (NASA/DF-83/001)
PRICE INFORMATION
$50.00 domestic; $80.00 foreign (code T99)
TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVES
Frank Bristow
Manager, Public Information Office
(213) 354-4321
COMPUTER PRODUCT ABSTRACT
The Selected JPL Mission Video Images-Videodisc consists of a
one sided color recording of selected motion picture and
television clips. It contains one hour of film and video clips
from selected JPL flight missions: Ranger 9 photos of the Moon;
Surveyor, Mariner 2 and 10 pre-launch film clips; Voyager 1 and
2 photos of Jupiter; The Jovian System; and Voyager 1 and 2
photos of Saturn. The disc can be played on Laser Disc Players
made by Sony, Discovision, Pioneer, and Magnavox.
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ACCESSION NUMBER
PB85-144756
CONTRIBUTING AGENCY REPORT NUMBER
NASA/DF-85/003
PRODUCT NAME
Planetary Image Videodisc Volume I
DESCRIPTORS OF PRODUCT
Data File
DATES OF COVERAGE
1982
PRICE INFORMATION
$50.00 domestic; $80.00 foreign (code T99)
TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVES
Michael D. Martin
Operations Manager
(213) 354-6065
COMPUTER PRODUCT ABSTRACT
The Planetary Image Videodisc is an analog-encoded optical disc
containing more than 100,000 black and white images of Mercury,
Venus, Mars, and Jupiter taken during the Mariner, Viking, and
Voyager planetary missions. An equivalent number of 8- x
10-in. photographs would require nearly 300 cubic feet of
storage space (14 cabinets containing 666 binders). More than
a year of effort went into organizing, labeling, and
photographing the individual images on 35-mm film. The film
was then transferred to videotape, then a master videodisc was
produced, and copies for distribution were made.
Response from the scientific community has been overwhelmingly
favorable both to the instantaneous access to images provided
by videodisc technology and to the overall quality of the
images on the disc. The disc represents the first full-scale
use of videodisc technology for storage and retrieval of an
image archive and a significant step toward our ultimate goal
of widespread dissemination of space science data to both the
scientific and educational communities. The disc can be played
on Laser Disc Players made by Sony, Discovision, Pioneer, and
Magnavox.
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ACCESSION NUMBER
PB85-144764
CONTRIBUTING AGENCY REPORT NUMBER
NASA/DF-85/002
PRODUCT NAME
Planetary Image Videodisc, Volume II
DESCRIPTORS OF PRODUCT
Data File
DATES OF COVERAGE
1982
PRICE INFORMATION
$50.00 domestic; $80.00 foreign (code T99)
TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVES
Michael D. Martin
Operations Manager
(213) 354-6065
COMPUTER PRODUCT ABSTRACT
(same abstract as for volume I)
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I personally haven't seen this discs.
-=- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!orca!andrew) [UUCP]
(orca!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA]