jcm@philabs.philips.com (John Martin) (08/24/90)
Does anyone know of a touchscreen that can be used with a Macintosh? Ideally, it would work with HyperCard without much hacking. Thanks. John Martin Philips Labs jcm@philabs.philips.com
toster@watson.bcm.tmc.edu (Tom Oster) (08/28/90)
Our Apple Rep was kind enough to loan us a Mac 'n Touch* touch screen monitor from MicroTouch(. It seems to be pretty good, but the accuracy with fingertip is pretty poor. I suspect it would improve with the use of a stylus. I haven't much chance to play on it yet, but my sense is that it would be ideal for a HyperCard information kiosk application. I haven't gotten prices yet, but phone pointer is: (508) 694-9900. Hope this helps. Tom Oster - Computing Resource Center Baylor College of Medicine toster@watson.bcm.tmc.edu Opinions expressed here are mine alone.
robs@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (08/30/90)
@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu I have used the Mac-N-Touch screen, and am very fond of it. It hooks into the ADB network, so will work with any application on the Mac, because the Mac sees it as a normal mouse. You can set the screen to either treat touching the screen at a point as "move the cursor to here and press the button", or the screen can be set to move the cursor to where you touch the screen, and follow your finger, and send a button push when you lift your finger. The last mode does the button if you quickly lift your finger and then put it back down. The second mode if best for experienced Mac users, but the first mode is great for making friendly user interfaces.