Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!flee From: flee@shire.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Advice about light pens Message-ID: Date: 3 Jun 89 17:33:16 GMT References: <727@xroads.UUCP> <563@megatek.UUCP> Sender: news@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu Organization: Penn State University Computer Science Lines: 20 In-reply-to: hollen@eta.megatek.uucp's message of 2 Jun 89 16:28:25 GMT In article <727@xroads.UUCP>, ronnie@xroads.UUCP (Ronnie Phillips) writes: > 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. Mice aren't particularly good drawing devices either. My first encounter with a mouse I had enormous difficulty because I was trying to move it like a pen. Different motor skills. Different motor skills. I suspect using light pens is not so much uncomfortable as unaccustomed. Easel and chalkboard are similarly vertical. Graphics pads are "best" because they are most like what you are used to using. Pen and paper. But with enough motivation you could probably learn to draw competently with etch-a-sketch knobs. -- Felix Lee flee@shire.cs.psu.edu *!psuvax1!shire!flee