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From: frank@cavebbs.gen.nz (Frank van der Hulst)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Virtual reality for the PC! (Sort of...*ahem*)
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.091344.21562@cavebbs.gen.nz>
Date: 27 Jun 91 09:13:44 GMT
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In article <0094AAC8.48F87280@MAPLE.CIRCA.UFL.EDU> sorrow@oak.circa.ufl.edu writes:
>Anyway, I used some code posted by someone to sync the shutter speed on
>a pair of Amiga Xspecs 3d glasses to my vertical retrace (whoever posted
>that stuff...THANKS!).  I now have full 3d on my monitor, kind of nifty.

I guess that was my code (320x400 display). I'm glad you liked it.

>What I am doing now is trying to wire any and/or all of the following:
>Nintendo Power Glove
>Nintendo Helmet Laser Thingy (whatever it is!)
>
>I would like to be able to hook one more to a serial port, and one to a
>game port.  That would allow me to also hook up a joystick

We have a Nintendo Power Glove connected to a PC, as described in BYTE
magazine, July (I think) 1991, p288??, connected via the printer port.
Currently the only software we've got working is a crude MS mouse emulator.

There's also a mailing list being run: try glove-list@karazm.math.uh.edu

Frank.
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