InfoStation: A Low‐Cost Electronic Document Storage, Retrieval, and Transmission System
David W. Hessler · Library Hi Tech · 1987
Integrating a microcomputer with a videotape recorder (VCR) and facsimile machine produces a powerful information handling system—InfoStation. The VCR can be used to backup the data on the microcomputer's hard disk, and also can be used to archive massive amounts of information for selective retrieval and use. The VCR can function as a publication medium containing both analog and digital information that can be retrieved by a video receiver and a microcomputer; and the VCR can be used to capture digital data broadcast by a television station, for later retrieval and use on a microcomputer. The facsimile machine is a powerful device for inputting bit‐map images of documents into the microcomputer and VCR, and can be used to print and/or transmit those documents to other facsimile machines on demand.