COPYBOARD 

HOW MANY OF US, FIRST IN SCHOOL AND LATER ON DURING BUSINESS SEMINARS, HAVE SCRIBBLED DOWN NOTES AND SKETCHES IN HASTE ONLY LATER TO FIND THEM INDECIPHERABLE? ALSO IN OUR ATTEMPT TO WATCH AND LISTEN SIMULTANEOUSLY WE MISSED A GOOD PORTION OF KMANY PRESENTATIONS. THOSE DAYS ARE NOW OVER.

THE NEW AGE BRINGS US: THE COPYBOARD -- A LARGE WHITE BOARD, MUCH LIKE THE OLD-FASHIONED BLACKBOARD OR THE MORE MODERN GREENBOARD, IS WHEELED EASILY INTO THE CLASS OR BOARDROOM. IT COMES IN TWO SIZES. THE LARGE MODEL IS ROUGHLY 3 X 4 FEET AND THE SMALLER MODEL 3 X 2 FEET IN SIZE. THE TEACHER OR INSTRUCTOR USES SPECIAL MARKERS IN BLUE, BLACK, GREEN OR RED AND WRITES DIRECTLY ONTO THE BOARD. DON'T BOTHER TAKING NOTES, THAT'S OLD-AGE PROCEDURE. PAY ATTENTION AND LISTEN.

CHEMICAL REACTIONS, PHYSIOLOGY AND OTHER COMPLICATED TYPES OF MEDICAL INFORMATION OR FOOTBALL PLAYS ALL MAKE SENSE WITH COPYBOARD. SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS FOR ENGINEERS OR ARCHITECTS OR CHART AND STOCK FLOWS ARE ALL THE SAME TO THIS NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT. YOU WRITE IT, IT REMEMBERS.

NOT ONLY REMEMBERS. WHEN THE SPEAKER IS FINISHED, HE OR SHE COUNTS THE CLASS, HITS THE BUTTON AND OUT COMES UP TO 99 CLEAN COPIES OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ON THE COPYBOARD! AND FAST, ONE EVERY TEN SECONDS. COPYBOARD WIPES CLEAN WITH AN ERASER. MORE INFORMATION: FRANK O'BRIEN, OKIDATA, 525 DENISON ST., MARKHAM, ONTARIO L3R 1B8.

PHONE: (416) 491-9330

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