Yamaha introduces two new products to amplify multimedia sound. A new four-screen electronic whiteboard is now available from Panasonic, allowing the user to continue a presentation without having to erase any existing material. The Panaboard KX-B730 allows up to nine copies of the whiteboard's contents to be printed at one time, as well as allowing a laser printer to be connected directly for plain paper output. Images from the Panaboard can also be transferred to a PC in TIFF or BMP formats. Media 100 Inc. announced The Media 100 Education Consortium to provide educational facilities with system purchase discounts, advanced technical support offerings, a communications network for sharing resources and incremental awards for institutions that make extensive use of Media 100 in their classrooms.
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Also from Follett is BarTender, software designed to eliminate the need for ordering replacement barcode labels from a vendor. Supporting a number of industry barcodes, including Code 39, Codabar and Interleaved 2 of 5, the software also supports Mod 10 and Mod 43 check digits, which ensures greater accuracy. To enter, student teams need to submit a multimedia project based on the perspective of an ordinary person during a particular time or event in U.S. history. The deadline is May 31, 1997. There is no cost to the customer or limit on the amount that can be contributed.