Trojan Light Pen

[MichaelP]

Found in the Attic, untested.

Selling on my friends ebay account because I've reached my monthly limit as a new user in the category. So please ignore the zero feedback and check mic-elle for feedback

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[Gazbonk]

Nice one haven't seen one of those for years, the last time I saw one of light pens was when I went to the last Commodore / Amiga show in London in 19??.

[amyren]

Found in the Attic, untested.

Selling on my friends ebay account because I've reached my monthly limit as a new user in the category. So please ignore the zero feedback and check mic-elle for feedback

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Interesting thing. I think not everybody knows what a light pen is. I had to google it myself to be sure.
I came across this review of it, if its the same device: http://www.crashonline.org.uk/03/trojan.htm

So basicly it looks like this will give you a sort of touchscreen on your amiga by using this pen. I asume it will need a specific driver to work, so only os-friendly programs will work.
Not sure if it will require a CRT monitor or if it works with LCD/LED monitors?
And what interface is it connected to?

[MichaelP]

It connects to the mouse port. There are 2 buttons on it which equate to the left and right mouse buttons.

I don't know it it works on every Amiga OS. I only ever used it on an Amiga 500 with kickstart 1.3

[vince_6]

:-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxQgoeyoWaA

[RobertB]

Not sure if it will require a CRT monitor or if it works with LCD/LED monitors?

Lightpens only work with CRT monitors.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 27-28 Commodore Vegas Expo v9 -
http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[Darrin]

That takes me back.  I used to have a lightpen for my C64.  Simons BASIC had commands for checking for the pen's position and I remember rewriting a database program of mine to use sprite icons for the pen to select.

[Darrin]

Lightpens only work with CRT monitors.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 27-28 Commodore Vegas Expo v9 -
http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

And even if they worked with LCDs, I wouldn't fancy scraping a lightpen around my display.  I get upset when someone prods it with a finger.  

[RobertB]

Simons BASIC had commands for checking for the pen's position and I remember rewriting a database program of mine to use sprite icons for the pen to select.

Oh, do you still have that program?  Yours might be the first and only C64 database to use a lightpen.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 27-28 Commodore Vegas Expo v9 -
http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[Darrin]

Oh, do you still have that program?  Yours might be the first and only C64 database to use a lightpen.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 27-28 Commodore Vegas Expo v9 -
http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

Unfortunately not.  All the C64 software I had written (back in the 80s while I was in school) was stolen in the early 90s.  I went off on an Op Tour while I was in the Army and by the time I got back someone had nicked my floppy disks from storage.  :-(

I'd already switched to the Amiga back then so I had no real interest in sitting down and rewriting anything (I think I was messing around with GFA BASIC about then).

To be honest, it was more "proof of concept" and I rapidly came to the opinion that having to pick up a pen, select icons, put down the pen, type stuff, pick up the pen... etc, etc was a pain in the backside.  Choosing options using the F Keys was so much easier even it it wasn't as "cool".