LaserData, Mnemos, and Other Data Disks: The Race to Store and Retrieve with Optics.

Urrows, Henry; Urrows, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ308652

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Publication Date: 1984

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LaserData, Mnemos, and Other Data Disks: The Race to Store and Retrieve with Optics.

Urrows, Henry; Urrows, Elizabeth

Videodisc and Optical Disc, v4 n2 p130-52 Mar-Apr 1984

Reports on the state of currently available digital storage and retrieval systems and describes in detail one-sided optical videodisc LaserData and the Mnemos system, which stores graphic images on microfiche discs. Video Patsearch, Matrox, Philips Megadoc, DEMAND, and Digital Recording Corporation's optical digital records and future videodisc developments are also discussed. (MBR)

Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Storage Devices, Costs, Databases, Design, Furniture Arrangement, Futures (of Society), Illustrations, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Merchandise Information, Videodisc Recordings

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive

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