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Title: creating a touchscreen?
Post by: anhedonic on February 05, 2004, 07:38:21 pm

Im no t sure if this is the community to ask this, but has anyone made their own touchscreen or know a place that gives you step thru to make one???

Title: Re:creating a touchscreen?
Post by: Witchboard on February 05, 2004, 09:29:04 pm

I don't think you can make one.  It has to be made that way to begin with.  Do you mean incorperate one into a cab?

Title: Re:creating a touchscreen?
Post by: mp2526 on February 06, 2004, 12:24:52 am

The easiest way is to just add on to an existing CRT or LCD

http://www.magictouch.com/addon.html

or, you can buy kits that allow you to crack open a monitor and make them more of a permanent install (more expensive though)

http://www.magictouch.com/builtin.html

Title: Re:creating a touchscreen?
Post by: SpamMe on February 06, 2004, 02:33:58 am

Edmark also makes a touchscreen adapter called the touchwindow. I've got one left over from using an older powermac as a jukebox. I thought it worked very well, but I had a lot of trouble finding software that was well suited to touchscreen use at the time. A friend had a more pressing need for a computer so the jukebox was dismantled.

If anybody's interested in a mac ADB touchscreen adapter, let me know :)

Title: Re:creating a touchscreen?
Post by: Witchboard on February 06, 2004, 09:07:19 am

Well, I stand corrected.  That's pretty cool.  :)

Title: Re:creating a touchscreen?
Post by: Lilwolf on February 06, 2004, 10:09:13 am

btw, I was hoping to pick up one a while ago (when I thought I had money... and hoped to get a mp3 player with touchscreen in my house).

well, on ebay there where TONS of deals... but shipping monitors is expensive.