schroder@bbn.com (Ken Schroder) (04/30/91)
I am about to explore how a touch screen might simplify what a user must learn to use an interactive conferencing system. User input would range from selecting and dragging objects on the screen to crude sketching (finger painting or using a stylus). I would appreciate information or experience you could share in this area. Particularly: o Names and contacts for touch screen vendors o Drivers and software for using touch screens with X11 and SunView on Sun 3's and Sparcs o What to consider or avoid in various technologies o What to expect... particularly if there are any technologies or tools that manage to get past the problems big finger tips, screen paralax, and so forth. Thanks in advance! Ken schroder@bbn.com -- Ken Schroder schroder@bbn.com 617-873-3167
leigh@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (Albert Leigh [MDSSC]) (05/01/91)
In article <3508@papaya.bbn.com>, schroder@bbn.com (Ken Schroder) writes: |> I would appreciate information or experience you could share in this area. |> Particularly: |> |> o Names and contacts for touch screen vendors |> o Drivers and software for using touch screens with X11 and SunView |> on Sun 3's and Sparcs Try Trident Systems, Inc. They've got capacitive, surface acoustic wave, and resistive touchscreens. The price ranges from ~$700 to ~$1400 depending on the size (13", 16", or 19"), touchscreen types and software drivers. They do support various workstations such as Sun, DEC (VMS & DecWindow), IBM AIX, Motorola Delta Series Workstations, and PCs running SCO, Interactive, or AT&T UNIX and X Windows environments. A Tektronix Tech Support engineer has told me that the touch screens are also available on the Tek X terminals. Here is the address: Trident Systems, Inc. 10201 Lee Highway, Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22030 (703) 273-1012 ------------------------------------ Go Rockets! Beat LA! :-<