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From: gilbert@aimmi.UUCP (Gilbert Cockton)
Newsgroups: net.periphs,net.cog-eng,net.research
Subject: Info on interactive devices sought
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Date: Tue, 18-Feb-86 13:56:18 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 18 13:56:18 1986
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Does anyone know of any recent  (1980+)  surveys  of  interactive
devices  that  cover  the design of special purpose terminals and
the range of specialised devices such as badge readers  and  off-
line  data collection equipment. Ideally I'd like to find surveys
with a human factors bias, but any info on exotic device capabil-
ities  would  be  appreciated,  even  just  the order numbers for
manufacturers brochures/catalogues.

I'm interested in the interplay between interactive hardware  and
dialogue  design. I'm acquainted with raster/vector/storage tube/
alphunumeric terminal displays  and  locator/valuator/pick  input
devices, and the human factors guidelines associated with many of
them.  However, without a knowledge of the full range of interac-
tive  devices,  it's  impossible to assess the true generality of
dialogue design guidelines. Most of the material I'm aware of  is
restricted to keyboard input, smart vdu output, graphics worksta-
tion configurations (e.g. PS300) and systems like SDMS. I'm curi-
ous  as  to  how much of this material can be generalised to more
exotic devices.

A summary will be sent to net.cog-eng or net.peripherals  depend-
ing on the bias of replies.
-- 
	Gilbert Cockton, Alvey MMI Unit, Ben Line Building, Edinburgh, EH1 1TN
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