[net.micro] Stiff Stick

ron%brl-bmd@sri-unix.UUCP (06/09/83)

From:      Ron Natalie <ron@brl-bmd>

Does anyone have a source of supply for stiff sticks. A stiff stick, is
a small post (about an inch long and 3/16" in diameter) that extends
from a keyboard.  It has little if any travel. As you press on it, it
generates a variable X-Y signal (voltage? resistance?) proportional to
the pressure exerted on it in the X-Y directions.  I've seen these on
certain DoD (read: wierd homebrew looking things that are useless for
any real applications) computer terminals (Designation AN/FYQ-67).

-Ron