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From: new@udel.edu (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: Multi-button mice (Re: Xerox sues Apple!)
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Date: 21 Dec 89 19:12:28 GMT
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In article <1942@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes:
>In article <1989Dec20.231509.10823@ICS.COM> david@ics.ics.COM (David B. Lewis) writes:
>
>| RE: the displayijng of mouse-functions on the screen as they change.
>| AT&T uses this device in the DMD terminals, and it works well. 
>
>  I have seen experimental keyboards which had a display right in the
>keytop. 

I've always wanted a large, flat, bitmapped display that is touch sensitive.
Then, when I point with one finger, I get a mouse cursor.  When I set
my hands down, I automatically get a keyboard under my fingertips. 
The keyboard would adjust as I type to stay centered under my hands,
as there would be no tactile feedback.  (Or might there be?  Many little
rods sticking up, maybe?)  Doesn't sound impossible now, just expensive.
		  -- Darren