1970's digitizer tablets

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Mon Jul 14 17:35:00 2003

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Feldman, Robert wrote:
> There were plans published in BYTE (IIRC) for just such a digitizer. I
> don't remember the issue, but the time frome would have been early
> 1980's.

Yep
That's why I say:
> it was so obvious that MANY people must have done so)

The patentable "invention" would not be the overall concept, but merely
what methods were chosen to implement it. For example, Mimio with
transmitters in marking pen holders, and a receiver that suction cupped to
a white board.
Received on Mon Jul 14 2003 - 17:35:00 BST