SUMMARY: cordless mouse

From: Dirk Boenning (boenning@igd.fhg.de)
Date: Sun Dec 18 1994 - 12:31:37 CST


Hello,

this is not a real summary, cause I still don't have a solution in my hand.
But cause my question was real a long time ago I want to give you a first
summary. I.e. I would be glad to hear any more Ideas about my question,I append at the end.
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You need to purchase AirMouse from Selectech, Ltd 30 Mountain View Drive
Colchester, Vermont 05446
Steve Aldous
sma@intech.com

Sounds good, but I never received an answer to my requests. Maybe they don't
wont to sell to european guys :-( (Don't laugh, this is sometimes the truth).
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Gyration, Inc.
12930 Saratoga Ave., Bldg. C
Saratoga, CA 95070
Telephone: 408-255-3016
Fax: 408-255-9075

The product is called Gyropoint; it is a gyroscopic mouse, with a
transmitter that can fit in your shirt pocket, so it is effectively
cordless.

You tilt your hand/wrist in 3 dimensions (somewhat like flying a plane, I
imagine) to make it move the cursor.

We tested it here; although it was developed for PC's and MAC's, the sun
driver works pretty well; it's just a user-executable program which must
run suid root. They need to add a scaling function, though, since it was
designed for 640x480 pixels, so it requires extra tracking on an 1152x900
display.

I believe the price is around $700.

Good luck.
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David Di Gioia, sysadmin digioia@gain.com
Sybase 415-813-8212
1870 Embarcadero Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303-3308
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I havn't check this posibilty yet.
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Thanx to all who responded till yet, Dirk.

The original question was/is:

> Hello Sunner's,
>
> is anyone out there who could give me pointer to a seller of cordless mouses
> for Sun Workstations ? It could be connected through the mouse port, or maybe
> through the serial port. Working with infra red or ultrasonic or something
> else. If someone could give me the definite answer, that this kind of mouse
> is not available, it would be also welcome :-(
>
> Thanx for giving me your time, Dirk.
>
>
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