Light Pens ...

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_bg-tc-ppp83.monmouth.com>
Date: Mon Jul 16 17:19:23 2001

> Ok, my mind is still blown. How does a light-pen drawing program work
> then? (Or is a light-pen drawing program not possible?)
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
>

The closest thing I've seen to a drawing program on the DEC VT11/VR17
combination was the RACAL-REDAC circuit board cad program.

This would IIRC take two points and draw the vector between them and
you could rubber-band stretch it around once the end points were in
place.


Bill
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