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- From: dbrackman@desire.wright.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics
- Subject: Re: Touch Screens
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.232216.6435@desire.wright.edu>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 04:22:16 GMT
- References: <1993Jan2.195959.21840@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>
- Organization: Wright State University
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- In article <1993Jan2.195959.21840@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>, morley@suncad.camosun.bc.ca (Mark Morley) writes:
- > About a year ago I saw someone demonstrate a touch screen that simply
- > fitted over a regular 14" VGA monitor. It converted the "touches" into
- > mouse signals. In other words, once you have written software to work
- > with a Microsoft mouse you don't have to change anything to make it work
- > with this touch screen. Did that make sense? Anyway, I can't remember
- > who made it or how much it cost, etc. If anyone out there has any info on
- > this or similar products, I'd be most interested in getting it. Also, if
- > you have ideas for other touch screens or alternatives I'd like to hear them.
- >
- I was recently working on a project where a MicroTouch touch screen was
- attached to the front of a PC's monitor. Unfortunately, I don't have
- MicroTouch's phone number or address at hand.
-
- I can tell you, however, that the touch screen connected to the computer
- via a serial port, or via a card from MicroTouch that emulates a serial
- port. It comes with a mouse-emulator driver, a driver for using it with
- Microsoft Windows, and documentation for writing your own low-level driver.
- Also, I remember that the touch screens are relatively durable, as we
- were exposing them to an industrial environment.
-
- This isn't much, but hope it helps.
-
- Dave
-