THE PROPOSED PRODUCT IS A MULTIMEDIA ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOK OF PATHOLOGY SUPPORTED BY A SOPHISTICATED KNOWLEDGE ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND EXTENSION SYSTEM CALLED KAMES.

THE PROPOSED PRODUCT IS A MULTIMEDIA ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOK OF PATHOLOGY SUPPORTED BY A SOPHISTICATED KNOWLEDGE ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND EXTENSION SYSTEM CALLED KAMES. FIRST DEVELOPED ON PLATO, PROTOTYPES ARE NOW ALSO OPERATIONAL ON AVAX/780 AND ON A 68010-BASED MICROCOMPUTER. TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED KODACHROME ILLUSTRATIONS, MOST OF WHICH ARE TECHNI- CALLY VERY GOOD, ARE STORED ON A COMMERCIALLY MASTERED VIDEODISC. THE BASIC SOFTWARE FOR CONTROLLING AND ACCESSINGTHE VIDEODISC HAS BEEN COMPLETED, SOFTWARE NEEDED TO OVERLAYTEXT AND GRAPHICS ONTO THE ILLUSTRATIONS WRITTEN, AND ACCESSTO ILLUSTRATIONS FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THE MAIN KNOWLEDGE ACCESS SYSTEM. THE USER INTERFACE PROGRAM, WHICH RUNS ON AN IBM-PC, MANAGES THE INDIVIDUAL USER'S ENVIRONMENT, REGULATES THE DIALOG WITH THE ACCESS SYSTEM AND KNOWLEDGE BASE ON THE LARGER MACHINE, AND CONTROLS THE VIDEODISC PLAYER.