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From: jsurine@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (James Surine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mattel power glove
Keywords: for the Amiga ??
Message-ID: <665@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM>
Date: 27 Aug 90 18:53:25 GMT
References: <1990Aug18.183619.2542@cbnewsj.att.com> <1990Aug20.122542.8490@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <12408@netcom.UUCP>
Reply-To: jsurine@entec.UUCP (James Surine)
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In article <12408@netcom.UUCP> maffett@netcom.UUCP (Tim Maffett) writes:
>>In the Amiga groups, vrr@cbnewsj.att.com (veenu.r.rashid) writes:

>>>Does anyone have information on the engineering of the Mattel power glove.
>>>I'm wondering if it would be possible to connect it to the amiga with suitable
>>>reverse-engineering.  i heard an RS232 version is due out in a couple months.
>>>Anybody have comments, suggestions, info?

>   I have seen an add offering an amiga interface with software to drive
>the glove in one of the amiga mags, Amazing Computing, I think.  The 
>interface is 50$.  I will try to locate more info.
>  tim

Make sure this interface supports the extended mode (X,Y,Z,Pitch,Yaw,5 fingers
The simple mode simply emulates a Nintendo controller. As for hooking it
up I am working on it. VPL research designed the glove and has recently won
a lawsuit supporting there ownership of the technology. They are going to
announce a special Powerglove with a serial interface in a couple of months
for $200 bucks (everything VPL sells is expensive but it is state of the art
VR technology). There is an adapter that works with the Mattel version of
the glove and I am trying to talk to the guy at VPL who knows about this but
he's been out of town. The article in BYTE magazine (july 1990) only shows
how to read the standard info out of the glove. The guy who wrote the article
reversed engineered the signals to get it. There is a new game comming out
for the Power glove on the Nintendo in a few months that will use the 
extended mode and the guy from BYTE says he will reverse engineer it if the
info doesn't get out sooner.

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