[ale] TouchScreen???

[David Hamm]

We've used touch screens before and there is no magic unless you buy the cheep
ones.  The nicer touch screen monitors emulate a Microsoft mouse the cheaper
ones have their own protocol and may require special driver development.  Both
use the serial port.   No real need for any special software the only problem
is the size of the menus and buttons. ANSI screens lend themselvs better to
touchscreens than do graphics screens simply because of the size of the buttons
and menus.

 On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Nomad the Wanderer wrote:
>Does anyone have any knowledge about touch screens under linux?  I'm
>working on a buisness proposal to use them but that'll be a turning point.
>
>In particular, I have a programmer who's going to write me some menuing
>software and it'll be implemented with a touch screen, but he's hoping
>I can find an "API" for it.  Anyone have any ideas?
>
>Robert
>
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>DISCLAIMER:
>      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
>
>FYI:
> perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
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