Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!thad From: thad@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mice (was Re: Laptop Amiga) Message-ID: <9361@cup.portal.com> Date: 22 Sep 88 11:01:30 GMT References: <4107@louie.udel.EDU> <381@uwslh.UUCP> <381@boing.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 29 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.2826 Re: angle-sensitive head-mounted pointing device ... such is ALREADY available for the Amiga. Sorry I don't recall the mfr's name, but said device was demonstrated before FAUG during the early part of 1986 and was developed as part of a project to aid the handicapped (e.g. para- and quadra-plegics) Other devices by the same company were demonstrated for use giving lectures with the Amiga as a primary adjunct ... displaying the text and graphics under control of a cord-less pointing device which replaced the mouse. The demonstrator claimed this combination caused people's jaws to drop when he gave a lecture at (I believe) JPL in Pasadena. WHY aren't these (and similar) innovations using the Amiga given more publicity? We're talking about HUMAN productivity here. Things to make OUR lives and jobs easier. To date, I've only seen these things on the Amiga (and I attend a LOT of "other" computer users' group meetings and technical symposia). Along similar lines, the demo that Marvin Weinstein (sp?) gave to BADGE earlier this year is a PRIME example of "ONLY ON THE AMIGA" (re: his use of Amiga-TeX, ARexx, VLT, etc. all simultaneously cooperating and permitting him to get his work done more efficiently). In *MY* opinion, Marvin's "demo" should be videotaped and shown on the networks' 6PM nationwide news. Thad Floryan [thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ...!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad]