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From: seymour@milton.u.washington.edu (Richard Seymour)
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: Re: Mattel Power Glove Specifications
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Date: 17 Aug 90 21:04:02 GMT
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In article <1990Aug16.012545.10872@cs.UAlberta.CA> cdshaw@cs.ualberta.ca (Chris Shaw) writes:
>... VPL now has control of the
>Power Glove technology. VPL will be selling a RS232-based PowerGlove within 
>two months or so. The price is supposed to be about $200 US.
>
>So the bottom line is... Don't bother with the reverse engineering, the real
>thing is just around the corner!

somehow, at $200 vs. the current $70, it looks like the "real thing"
just moved further down the street
(or "up market" or "to high street" (UK usage))
IMvHO
--dick