a774@mindlink.UUCP (Wayde Police) (11/02/90)
I may need to interface Amiga 500s (and a few 2000s) with touch screens. I have heard that there are some available, but I don't know any brands, prices, or hardware requirements. Could anyone with experience with touch screens let me know how they interface with the amiga, software considerations, resolutions, problems, etc? Do these screens replace the mouse, or work as a unique device? Thanks to all who can help ... -- +-----------------------------------+ | Wayde V. Police | Bridgecard + 2000 Amiga Hardware, | a774@mindlink.UUCP or | (MSDOS) ^ (AmigaDOS) Software, | uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a774 | WVP & Wetware! +-----------------------------------+
karl@cbmvax.commodore.com (Karl Herrman - CATS) (11/06/90)
In article <3704@mindlink.UUCP> a774@mindlink.UUCP (Wayde Police) writes: > > I may need to interface Amiga 500s (and a few 2000s) with touch screens. I >have heard that there are some available, but I don't know any brands, prices, >or hardware requirements. Could anyone with experience with touch screens let >me know how they interface with the amiga, software considerations, >resolutions, problems, etc? Do these screens replace the mouse, or work as a >unique device? Thanks to all who can help ... I know of and have used three different touchscreens with the Amiga. All three plug into the serial port and emulate the mouse. You can still use the mouse as an input device if you want. The three touchscreens available are from: Elographics 105 Randolph Road Oak Ridge, TN 37830 (615) 482-4100 Amigo Business Computers, Inc. 192 Laurel Road East Northport, NY 11731 (516) 757-7334 MicroTouch Systems, Inc. 55 Jonspin Road Wilmington, MA 01887 (508) 694-9900 The driver for the Elographics touchscreen is shipped with AmigaVision. The Amigo touchscreen is also available in a parallel port version. All three install in front of the screen and behind the bezel and require a hole cut in the back of the monitor case for the interface cable. I'm not sure of the prices for any of the touchscreens. The main thing to watch when using one is the size of the area to be touched. People with thick fingers can't be as percise when touching on a point. The only incompatability I can remember was between a beta version of the MicroTouch driver and the driver for the Easyl drawing tablet, other than that I've had no problems. If you load the driver in the startup-sequence you never need the mouse or keyboard. Hope this helps. >-- > +-----------------------------------+ > | Wayde V. Police | Bridgecard + 2000 Amiga Hardware, > | a774@mindlink.UUCP or | (MSDOS) ^ (AmigaDOS) Software, > | uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a774 | WVP & Wetware! > +-----------------------------------+ Karl Herrmann Software Specialist CATS