I worked on the Viewtron project. When Viewtron was conceived and development started several years before the official launch in 1983, the PCs of the day were still confined to technical hobbyists and mostly had text-only displays. The Internet only existed for a select few in universities and government contractors. The World Wide Web had not yet been invented. Most computer communication was dialup at 300 bps or 1200 bps. Compuserve had a text-only service for geeks and AOL did not yet exist. There was no online service (news, shopping, banking, games, etc) for the general public. Viewtron, whatever its faults, was a huge leap forward for its time. I think it is another example an idea before its time like Leonardo da Vinci envisioning helicopters in the 1400's, or Alan Kay envisioning the Dynabook in 1968. Both great ideas, but the technology of the time was not up to realization of the ideas.
Its lets you use the scroll wheel with your thumbs, and eliminates the need to move your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse. I've had no problems using it for fine detail work that requires high accuracy mouse momements.
I tried out the microsphere at a trade show.
One of the few high end ergonomic solutions that lets you easily adjust the distance between the screen and your eyes. www.microsphere.com
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I worked on the Viewtron project. When Viewtron was conceived and development started several years before the official launch in 1983, the PCs of the day were still confined to technical hobbyists and mostly had text-only displays. The Internet only existed for a select few in universities and government contractors. The World Wide Web had not yet been invented. Most computer communication was dialup at 300 bps or 1200 bps. Compuserve had a text-only service for geeks and AOL did not yet exist. There was no online service (news, shopping, banking, games, etc) for the general public. Viewtron, whatever its faults, was a huge leap forward for its time. I think it is another example an idea before its time like Leonardo da Vinci envisioning helicopters in the 1400's, or Alan Kay envisioning the Dynabook in 1968. Both great ideas, but the technology of the time was not up to realization of the ideas.
I use: rollermouse
Its lets you use the scroll wheel with your thumbs, and eliminates the need to move your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse. I've had no problems using it for fine detail work that requires high accuracy mouse momements.
Best mouse alternative I've found:
http://www.contourdesign.com/rollermouse/
Elimminates moving your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse.
I tried out the microsphere at a trade show. One of the few high end ergonomic solutions that lets you easily adjust the distance between the screen and your eyes. www.microsphere.com
This is a more believable PIC based web server:
http://www.mycal.net/wsweb/
Picture at authors Web page:
/bruce/picoweb.jpg
http://www.lightner.net/lightner
http://www.circuitcellar.com/online/
A system to let you sit in your over stuffed
recliner and work on your computer:
http://members.ee.net/~mdbailey/