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From: hollen@eta.megatek.uucp (Dion Hollenbeck)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Advice about light pens
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Date: 2 Jun 89 16:28:25 GMT
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From article <727@xroads.UUCP>, by ronnie@xroads.UUCP (Ronnie Phillips):
> In article <1989May18.213756.22453@utpsych.toronto.edu> chris@utpsych.toronto.edu (Christine Hitchcock) writes:
>>I'm interested in buying a light pen for an IBM AT with a VGA monitor.  
> 
> Years ago, I bought a Gibson light pen for my Apple computer.  I 
> thought all the demonstrations I'd seen at computer shows made the
> light pen look really neat and easy to use.  The software that came
> with it was dynamite.
> 
> BUT....
> 
> What no one tells you is how tired you get from holding your hand
> in such an uncomfortable position at your monitor. 
> The mouse seems to be the best device for drawing that I've found.
> 


You probably have not used a tablet with a stylus.  The mouse is an
unnatural device for drawing, but much better than cursor keys or
trackballs.  When you use a tablet with a stylus it is EXACTLY like
drawing with a pen, and in fact many stylii have a built in ball-point
refill so you can place paper on the tablet and see what you are
drawing in person and it is merely mirrored on the screen.


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