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- From: abstine@toy4x4.visix.com (Art Stine)
- Subject: Re: Touch Screens
- Message-ID: <C0GFp2.1s5@visix.com>
- Sender: abstine@toy4x4 (Art Stine)
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:55:50 GMT
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- Reply-To: abstine@visix.com
- References: <1993Jan2.195959.21840@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> <1993Jan5.232216.6435@desire.wright.edu>
- Organization: Visix Software Inc.
- Followup-To: abstine@toy4x4.visix.com
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- In article <1993Jan5.232216.6435@desire.wright.edu>, dbrackman@desire.wright.edu writes:
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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: 5 Jan 93 23:22:16 EST
- 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.
- >
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- DEC markets a touch screen that turns any display into a touch screen. Its
- a device that you place your monitor on top of and then calibrate to the
- dimensions of the screen. Its pretty cheap (I think less than $1K) and it
- works with any monitor.
-
- -art stine
- software engineer
- visix software
- abstine@toy4x4.visix.com
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