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- From: rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.pen
- Subject: Re: Context switch on pen... idea
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.181238.19837@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 18:12:38 GMT
- References: <1992Aug20.212708.22109@bert.eecs.uic.edu>
- Reply-To: rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT)
- Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
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- In article <1992Aug20.212708.22109@bert.eecs.uic.edu> artn@bert.eecs.uic.edu (Ellyn Sandor) writes:
- > Does anyone else think this would be a good idea? What sort of
- >context changing can you think of? How about a two-sided pen, sort of
- >like flipping a pencil over to use the eraser?
- >
- > Stephan Meyers
-
- Yes, I came up with this while at GRiD systems, but it turned out that
- Wang already had a patent on it. I am surprised that no one is interested
- in implementing this way. It seem so natural.
-