From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 29 22:45:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA05705 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 29 Jun 1997 22:45:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA05699 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 1997 22:45:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id XAA08449; Sun, 29 Jun 1997 23:50:21 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 23:50:21 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199706300550.XAA08449@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: Gianmarco Giovannelli CC: questions@freebsd.org, gea@scotty.masternet.it Subject: touch screens & FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19970628155637.006c07c4@giovannelli.it> References: <3.0.2.32.19970628155637.006c07c4@giovannelli.it> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Gianmarco Giovannelli writes: > Is there someone that is using succesfully touch screens with freebsd. A > friend of mine is planning an information service of about 40 boxes ... > But he couldn't find any sources of FreeBSD drivers for any touch screens , > only Linux one, and the software house don't give him the source... > > So if someone is using touch screens and FreeBSD please email him at : > > gea@scotty.masternet.it > > He has to buy the touch screens too, so if you can recomended some models A quick AltaVista search netted a company in Hong Kong that makes low cost touchscreens for most 14" monitors. The model I read about uses the serial ports, has a "mouse emulation" mode, and even offers an optional UNIX driver. See http://www.touchscreen.com.hk/touchinf.htm You may want to assist your friend in using a web search engine as well. I found this in one minute by asking AltaVista to search for "+touch +screen". -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com