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Subject: v91i060: Lightpenhandler 1.1 - use a lightpen like a mouse, Part01/01
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Date: 14 Mar 91 01:25:08 GMT
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Submitted-by: akk%trantor.informatik.uni-erlangen.de@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (Andy Klingler)
Posting-number: Volume 91, Issue 060
Archive-name: devices/lightpen-1.1/part01

[ includes uuencoded executable and icon  ...tad ]

Every  Amiga  has a hardware build in to connect a lightpen to it.  However
this  feature  is  rarely  used,  so I decided to write a software to use a
lightpen  just  like  you  use the mouse.  You even can use the mouse and a
lightpen  simultaniously and your applications don`t notice any difference.
Unfortunately  the  resolution  of the light pen registers is not very high
(vertical 1 non-interlaced scan line, horizontal 2 low-res pixels), but for
normal menu selections and gadget pressing it is more than sufficient.