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The Periodic Table Videodisc, Second Edition, is a 12-in., single-sided, CAV-type video laserdisc in NTSC format. (It is incompatible with the PAL standard used in many European countries.) It may be operated from any CAV-type laserdisc player using a handheld remote control keypad by entering a frame number from the image directory and then playing the video sequence that begins at that frame. The video may also be accessed using a barcode reader interfaced to the laserdisc player. (Consult the supplier of your videodisc player to ascertain whether it can be used with a barcode reader.)

To make the video presentation visible to students in a classroom either a large-screen color monitor or a color video projection unit will be needed. The size of the monitor (or the need for a projection unit) depend s on the size of the class to which the presentation will be made.

If the disc is to be used under computer control, the videodisc player must have a serial (RS-232) interface. Software is not supplied with the videodisc.