pausch@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU (Randy Pausch) (04/10/91)
I just received word that Transfinite Systems, Inc., manufacturers
of the Gold Brick(tm), claim to have broken the PowerGlove(tm)
encryption and are selling a product that will make the glove
talk to a Macintosh(tm).
I have not yet used their device, but I called them up and they
were quite clear on the point that they are getting full (x,y,z,roll)
resolution and finger bend (i.e. this is not just the joystick emulation
mode).
Price: either $245.00 or $169.00 (apparently they have two products)
DON'T CONTACT ME - I'm just posting as a good citizen!
Contact them:
Transfinite Systems Company, Inc.
Post Office Box N
MIT Branch Post Office
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-0903
(617) 969-9570hlab@milton (04/26/91)
Yes, we do provide full XYZ, roll, and finger bending inputs from the
Mattel Power Glove. Our current product plugs in the Apple Desktop
Bus. We chose this for a number of reasons including hardware and
software simplicity, the ability to plug in multiple of our devices,
etc. (Since our device also understands the normal Nintendo controllers,
power pads, the Broderbund UFORCE, etc., you might want a couple of them
plugged into a machine at one time.)
(Note we have nothing to do with Xerox Corporation. I just happen to be
reading the news on a courtesy account I have on a Xerox mahcine. Please
send queries, etc., to
D2002@AppleLink.Apple.com
or call us at 617-969-9570. We are considering coming out with an RS232
version but woul~ not be for some months.)
Donald Eastlake
(PS: Because a few people seem unable to resist the binding between
Nintendo and video games, let me make it clear that our product, which
is called "Gold Brick" by the way, has NOTHING to do with Nintendo game
cartridges, the Nintendo game cartridge slot, emulating the processor that
the Nintendo Game Deck uses, or producing an NTSC or other video signal.
It's just that we chose Nintendo controllers as a class of interesting,
rugged, cheap, easily available controllers.)
+1 617-969-9570 Donald E. Eastlake, III
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