Key Components Summary:

The key components of a basic contemporary system would consist
of an S-VHS video camcorder and a digital camera for resource
documentation (using the S-VHS tape as the primary resource for
storage of field data), a flatbed and/or a hand scanner for text
and 2-D graphics data acquisition, OCR software, the CRISTAL
System (or the PC-Hypertext System) for information management
and processing, the WORM drive for archival storage, and the
S-VHS VCR, film recorder, thermal printer, and laser printer for
information dissemination.

A more sophisticated configuration would be a complex hybrid,
incorporating a videodisc system containing predefined libraries
of still image frames, audio frames, and full motion audio/video
segments, and CD-ROM based digital audio, text, and numeric data
as reference resources in meeting repetitive or generic
requirements.


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