mmiller@isis.cs.du.edu (Mark Miller) (06/03/91)
> Some interesting trivia, but I have one correction: Atari finally DID >release a lightpen (I used to have one). I think they did so in '84. It >came with its own special cartridge drawing program, which was really >quite nice (IMHO). I was impressed at the time that they hadn't merely >repackaged Koala Paint, as they had done for the Atari Touch Tablet. >Speaking of light pens, you can make your own: There was an article on >the subject in a very early issue of Creative Computing (now defunct). >It may have been 1981. Then there was the Atari Paint program, which used >a joystick for input. I believe I know which article you're talking about. I have that Creative Computing issue. It is March 1983, in the "Outpost: Atari" article. It mainly talks about how to make a home-made Atari light pen, and gives a couple sample BASIC programs you can use with it. What is surprising is this is an issue of Creative Computing that I just happened to look at and pick up one day. You are the second person I have heard refer to this article (I think you were referring to this one) after all these years. Mark Miller mmiller@isis.cs.du.edu