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- From: jlb31348@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim Brain)
- Subject: TECH: U of I Powerglove update 7-17 and 7-20-92
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.023729.11603@u.washington.edu>
- Originator: hlab@milton.u.washington.edu
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:56:12 GMT
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-
- Again, I have missed a posting, but this is my long awaited summer
- vacation after 8 straight semesters of school, so I guess that is a
- good excuse.
-
- Friday, nothing happened except a small discussion on the net over
- whether ACM at UIUC will distribute or sell rights to others. If we
- do let others do the product, it will be in tandem to our
- distribution, since the goal is to show students how to go from idea
- to product, and letiting someone else do the hard work of all the
- marketing would defeat that purpose. However, we may not be able to
- meet demand, so I have considered supplanting our production with
- other companies' production.
-
- Today, I have a few questions and a few comments. First, a few people
- have called me with questions concerning the parallel interface in its
- many derivatives, so I will forward a question I have no idea about:
-
- One person called me to ask for help in hooking an Amiga up to a
- Powerglove. He said that the unit would come on and beep once, but
- no flashing lights or otherwise. He said he was using a hack from
- some book or magazine, so if you have the same interface, please email
- me and I will forward the info.
-
- I need to know if there is some other hookup for rs232 besides the
- DB25 and MAC adapters.
-
- Comments:
-
- I found out that there is a demo of a glove and an SGI at
- SIGGRAPH, so I hope everyone who can go, should see it if possible. I assume
- that it will demonstrate the usefulness of the glove. It will be on Monday.
- NCSA at the U of I is doing it.
-
- I talked to Michael Starks at 3D-TV, and we went over the
- various aspects of my design. He would like to help me market it, or at least
- offer it to his customers, so I am thinking. He also said that I probably did
- not need to worry about FCC if my device is passive, so I will check.
-
- Martin Simon said that he does indeed have a source for the
- glasses, so hold on and I will get a price for you. You will still have to add
- on shipping, but We will know in the next few days. I am not sure who will
- actually be selling them, but I suppose I can put them in my order form, and
- then pass te money along to whomever sells them with an address.
-
- I am going to try a different approach to getting an answer
- from AGE, so I will post my progress as I go along. This wednesday will be two
- weeks delay, so I am getting impatient.
-
-
- That is all. I will keep you updated.
-
- Jim
-
- --
- Jim Brain, Power Glove Serial Interface Project Leader (for the summer)
- brain@cs.uiuc.edu
- Yes, my last name REALLY is BRAIN!
-