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From: jmb@patton.SGI.COM (Jim Barton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: 3D input
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Date: 24 Feb 89 16:32:31 GMT
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In article <1989Feb23.101443.12312@LTH.Se>, newsuser@LTH.Se (LTH network news server) writes:
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> I demonstrated the ball to Roger Allison (SGI/UK) on April 1st, 1987.
> He also received a full set of documentation.
> 
> Let my quote his telex, dated April 13th, 1987:
> 
> 	``I made a special request to Silicon Graphics, USA on your behalf
> 	for appropriate source to enable you to add in support for the
> 	sensor-ball to our graphics library.  Unfortunately, this request
> 	has been denied.  There is little interest in having an interface
> 	for this device on the 2400 system.''
> 
> I'm happy to hear that your interest for similar devices has increased over
> time.  I would gratefully accept further information when it becomes
> available.
> 
> I think I would have been less hard on you, had I received a detailed
> explanation of your troubles marketing a new device in 1987.
> 
> Dag M Bruck
> 
> 
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Be careful though - we will never support the space ball on anything but the
4D series.  You can, however, buy GL code for the 680X0 machines, I believe.

-- Jim Barton
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