NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/graphics/13607

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From: [e-mail] (Howard Ferguson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Touch Screens
Date: 9 Jan 1993 22:24:46 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (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.
>


We are building a system using a touch screen which uses infared beams
infront of the screen. We use a flat screen, so I do not know if there
would be problems with a curved monitor ( since light travels in
straight lines, most of the time). we havbe had custom work done
for  us by Carroll Touch (tel [phone] Adres - P.O. Box 1309,
Round Rock, Texas 78680). We have been very satisfied with their work
so far. The screen connects to a board they supply, and drivers were
availabble us to drive Microsoft windows with it as if it were a mouse.

I do not know if they do any off the shelf products.


    hlf