What would be really cool is if the guys writing the applications could put
in special support so rather than just being limited to one finger, you
could touch the screen in as many places as you like. Equivilent of being
able to control 10 mouse pointers, or something... :)
Eddie
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Schrock <aschrock@cs.brandeis.edu>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Cc: Mike Paradinas <mu-ziq.planet.mu@virgin.net>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 5:30 PM
Subject: [idm] Re: OFF-TOPIC GEAR SHIT reply
quoted 27 lines A touchscreen laptop DOES exist, I now have one (Fujitsu-Seimens
> > A touchscreen laptop DOES exist, I now have one (Fujitsu-Seimens
> > B-series) and it is a much quicker interface than a mouse or those awful
> > touch pad mouses found on most laptops. Just point your pencil & jab
> > (double jab), or drag, no clicking required. It's only a Celeron, so
> > it's not so fast but it's only for running sim[ple audio programs live,
> > I have a G3 as well
>
> You can get many laptops retrofitted with touchscreens, and also LCD/CRT
> screens which are either standalone or raw (you mount the screen in your
> chassis, for instance if you were making a kiosk). I've seen
> touchscreen-fitted powerbooks and ibooks.
>
> The damage for, say, a 12.1" active matrix LCD screen with a serial or USB
> interface is over a grand US$ - not cheap, but the effect is very nice.
> There are a variety of methods used for touch screens: capacitive,
> resistive, surface-wave, etc. We've had the best luck with the
> surface-wave gear: very responsive and doesn't drift. You can poke at
> these things with your finger all day and they're still nice and snappy.
>
> We go with www.elotouch.com. (BTW "we" in the above means ETC Music Inc.,
> where I work - see www.etcmusic.com for a pic of our pretty standalone
> device)
>
> later
> Andrew
>
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