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From: thad@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mice (was Re: Laptop Amiga)
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Date: 22 Sep 88 11:01:30 GMT
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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]