Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utcsri.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!willy From: willy@utcsri.UUCP (William Buxton) Newsgroups: net.cog-eng Subject: Input Devices Message-ID: <2175@utcsri.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 11:50:37 EST Article-I.D.: utcsri.2175 Posted: Fri Feb 21 11:50:37 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Feb-86 12:45:11 EST Distribution: net Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 472 There was a recent request for information on sources for input devices. In response I am enclosing a copy of a list of vendors that I have compiled as part of a tutorial on interaction that I teach with Ron Baecker. All that I ask in return is that people mail me with any additions or corrections. Thanks - I hope that this is of use. Bill Buxton - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - APPENDIX B - 1 - VENDOR ADDRESSES _A_P_P_E_N_D_I_X__B_:__V_E_N_D_O_R__A_D_D_R_E_S_S_E_S The following is an incomplete list of vendors of manual graphi- cal input devices. _T_O_U_C_H _T_A_B_L_E_T_S Big Briar: 3 by 3 inch continuous pressure sensing touch tablet Big Briar, Inc. Leicester, NC 28748 Chalk Board Inc.: ``Power Pad'', large touch table for micro- computers Chalk Board Inc. 3772 Pleasantdale Rd., Atlanta, GA 30340 Elographics: various sizes of touch tablets, including pressure sensing Elographics, Inc. 105 Randolph Road Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 tel: (615)-482-4100 KoalaPad Technologies: Approx. 5 by 7 inch touch tablet for micro-computers Koala Technologies 3100 Patrick Henry Drive Santa Clara, California 95050 Spiral Systems: Trazor Touch Panel, 3 by 3 inch touch tablet Spiral System Instruments, Inc. 4853 Cordell Avenue, Suite A-10 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 TASA: 4 by 4 inch touch tablet (relative sensing only) Touch Activated Switch Arrays Inc. 1270 Lawrence Stn. Road, Suite G Sunnyvale, California 94089 tel: (408)-744-0801 _C_H_O_R_D _K_E_Y_B_O_A_R_D_S TUTORIAL BUXTON & BAECKER VENDOR ADDRESSES - 2 - APPENDIX B Microwriter: one-handed chord-keyboard word processor Microwriter Head Office 31 Southampton Row London WC1B 5Hj England tel: 01-831-6801/2/3 Octima 8-button one-handed chord keyboard Ergoplic Keyboard Ltd. Kesher Technology Ltd. P.O. Box 83 Tivon 36100 Isreal Stenograph Machines and IBM-PC Keyboard Chording Adaptor, the "RapidRiter" Quixote Corp. Suite 3500 1 East Wacker Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60601 tel: (312)-467-6755 Writehander: a 12-button one-handed chording keyboard The NewO Company 246 Walter Hayes Drive Palo Alto CA 94303 tel: (415)-321-7979 _T_O_U_C_H _S_C_R_E_E_N_S Autech 7060 Huntley Road Columbus, Ohio 43229 tel: (614)-888-9924 Carroll Touch P.O. Box 1309 Round Rock, Texas 78680 tel: (512)-244-3500 Detector Electronics Corp. 6901 West 110th Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55438 tel: (612)-941-5665 Elographics, Inc. 105 Randolph Road Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 tel: (615)-482-4100 BUXTON & BAECKER TUTORIAL APPENDIX B - 3 - VENDOR ADDRESSES Micro Touch Systems, Inc. 400 West Cummings Park, Woburn, MA 01801 (617)-935-0080 TSD Display Products 35 Orville Drive Bohemia, New York 11716 tel: (516)-589-6800 Zenith Systems and Components Group 1000 Milwaukee Ave Glenview, Illinois USA 60025 tel: (312)-391-7733 _T_R_A_C_K_B_A_L_L_S Disc Instruments, Inc. 102 East Baker Street Costa Mesa, California 92626 tel: (714)-979-5300 Litton Encoder Division 20745 Nordhoff St. Chatsworth, CA 91311 tel: (213)-341-6161 Measurement Systems, Inc. 121 Water Street Norwalk, Connecticut 06854 tel: (203)-838-5561 Wico Corp. 6400 W. Gross Point Road Niles, Illinois 60648 tel: (312)-647-7500 _M_I_C_E Keytronic, Inc. P.O. Box 14687 Spokane, Washington 99214 tel: (509)-928-8000 Logitech Corp. 805 Veterans Blvd. Redwood City, CA 94063 tel: (415)-365-9852 Microsoft Mouse Microsoft Corp. 10700 Northup Way TUTORIAL BUXTON & BAECKER VENDOR ADDRESSES - 4 - APPENDIX B Box 97200 Bellevue WA 98009 tel: (206)-828-8080 The Mouse House 1741 8th Street Berkeley, California 94710 tel: (415)-525-5533 Mouse Systems 2336 H Walsh Ave Santa Clara, California 95051 tel: (408)-988-0211 Torrington Co., 59 Field Street Torrington, CT USA 06790 tel: (800)-982-0030 _L_I_G_H_T _P_E_N_S Ampower Technologies 26 Just Road Fairfield, New Jersey 07006 tel: (201)-227-7724 FTG Data Systems 10801 Dale St. P.O. Box 615 Stanton CA 90680 tel: (714)-995-3900 HEI Inc. 1495 Steiger St. Victorial MN 55386 tel: (612)-443-2500 Information Control Corp. 706 Bostwick Ave. Bridgeport, Connecticut 06605 tel: (203)-368-6751 _J_O_Y_S_T_I_C_K_S Bolt Industrial Controls, Inc. 4645-2F Industrial Street Simi Valley, California 93063 tel: (818)-716-5169 Measurement Systems, Inc. 121 Water Street Norwalk, Connecticut 06854 BUXTON & BAECKER TUTORIAL APPENDIX B - 5 - VENDOR ADDRESSES tel: (203)-838-5561 Wico Corp. 6400 W. Gross Point Road Niles, Illinois 60648 tel: (312)-647-7500 dB TIME Six-Axis Joystick P.O. Box 3491 Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta Canada T8L 2T4 tel: (403)-998-7683 _D_I_G_I_T_I_Z_I_N_G _T_A_B_L_E_T_S Altek Corp. 2150 Industrial Parkway Siver Spring, Maryland 20904 tel: (301)-622-3906 CalComp Corp. 2411 W. La Palma Ave., P.O. Box 3250 Anaheim, California 92803 tel: 1-800-CALCOMP, ext. 156 GTCO Corp. 1055 First Street Rockville, Maryland 20850 tel: (301)-279-9550 Hitachi America, Ltd. 950 Benicia Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 tel: (408)-773-8833 Kurta Corp. 4610 S. 35th St. Phoenix, AZ 85040 tel: (602)-276-5533 Houston Instrument P.O. Box 15720 Austin Texas 78761 tel: (512)-835-0900 Numonics Corp. 418 Pierce St. Lansdale, PA 19446 tel: (215)-362-2766 Preh Electronic Industries, Inc. 8101 Milwaukee Ave. TUTORIAL BUXTON & BAECKER VENDOR ADDRESSES - 6 - APPENDIX B Niles, Ill 60648 tel: (312)-966-0540 Science Accessories Corp. 970 Kings Highway West Southport, Connecticut 06490 tel: (203)-255-1526 Summagraphics Corp. 777 State Street Extension P.O. Box 781 Fairfield, Connecticut 06430 tel: (203)-384-1344 Scriptel Corp. 4145 Arlingate Plaza Columbus, Ohio 43228 tel: (614)-276-8402 _M_I_S_C. _I_N_P_U_T _D_E_V_I_C_E_S 3-D Digitizers Using Mechanical Arms Micro Control Systems, Inc. 27 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon, CT 06066 tel: (203)-647-0220 A Foot-Activated Pointing Device: the Footmouse Versatron Corp 103 Plaza Street Healdsburg, CA 95448 tel: (707)-433-8244 A 6-D (x, y, z, pitch, yawl & roll) tracker Polhemus Navigation Sciences P.O. Box A Essex Junction, Vermont 05452 tel: (802)-879-6547 A 3-D Acoustic Digitizing Tablet Science Accessories Corp. 970 Kings Highway West Southport, Connecticut 06490 tel: (203)-255-1526 Device for entering hand-printed characters Micropad Limited, 10 Whittle Road, BUXTON & BAECKER TUTORIAL APPENDIX B - 7 - VENDOR ADDRESSES Wimbornee, Dorset, BH21 7SD UK tel: (0202)-891518 Puck Pointer: keyboard mounted 2-D and 3-D position control KA Design Group 6300 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, California 94609 tel: (415)-654-6300 Radical design keyboards P.C.D. Maltron Ltd. 219 Sycamore Road Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6RQ England tel: (0252)-546-149 _S_P_E_E_C_H _I_N_P_U_T/_O_U_T_P_U_T An excellent and up-to-date listing of suppliers of technologies for speech I/O can be found in the February/March 1985 issue of _S_p_e_e_c_h _T_e_c_h_n_o_l_o_g_y, _2(_4), 111 - 123. This is available from: Speech Technology Media Dimensions Inc. 42 East 23rd Street New York, N.Y. 10010 tel: (212)-533-7481 tel: (212)-533-7483 _A_N_T_I-_G_L_A_R_E _S_C_R_E_E_N_S OCLI Display Products 2789 Northpoint Parkway Santa Rosa, CA 95401-7397 tel: (707)-525-7037 _A_I_D_S _F_O_R _T_H_E _H_A_N_D_I_C_A_P_P_E_D A catalogue of input devices specifically designed to permit han- dicapped people to use computers is available from: Technical Aids and Systems for the Handicapped (TASH) 70 Gibson Drive, Unit 1 Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 2Z3 tel: (416)-475-2212 TUTORIAL BUXTON & BAECKER