Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5a!hou5d!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!CSvax:Pucc-H:Physics:hal From: CSvax:Pucc-H:Physics:hal@pur-ee.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Question on the mouse, comments abou - (nf) Message-ID: <800@pur-phy.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Jun-83 12:04:30 EDT Article-I.D.: pur-phy.800 Posted: Tue Jun 28 12:04:30 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jun-83 09:40:24 EDT Lines: 13 #R:sri-arpa:-253800:pur-phy:7800005:000:452 pur-phy!hal Jun 28 11:36:00 1983 It seems to me that a light pen will do everything a mouse will and is a much more direct pointing instrument. Admittedly, a light pen isn't going to handle 3 buttons (2 is probably the maximum) but that is a matter of much debate anyhow and doesn't directly relate to a mouse/light-pen choice. Many of the video display chips support light pen hardware. I really don't know why it isn't used more. Hal Chambers Physics Dept. Purdue University