BONUS VIDEO: Tinkering With a Weird Touch Screen iMac G3!
Added 2023-08-04 17:00:26 +0000 UTCI found an iMac G3 with a touch screen! Come join me mid-tinkering and let's see what's up with this thing!
Comments
I remember a friend of mine playing quake 3 arena with a wacom tablet instead of a mouse and he almost always got a headshot with it. How he learned to do this? idk.
Minki the Avali
2023-08-14 09:07:41 +0000 UTCWe used to have an ELO touch screen where I used to work. IT was just a Philips VGA monitor with the ELO touch hardware. One day, I installed quake and the ELO drivers on a spare relatively powerful PC. The touch wasn't really useful for moving, so I used WASD for that, but it was amazing for killing enemies. Point at enemies and they died.
Stuart Castle
2023-08-06 22:40:47 +0000 UTCI feel the comments on the fragile plastics of the G3. Mine is falling apart too. It's gotten to the point where I am afraid to take it apart before I can source a new frame
CobaltRetroTech
2023-08-05 19:44:03 +0000 UTCMaybe Warcraft 2 or Diablo might be a bit more playable with the touch screen? 🤔 Anyway, this is something I would have never expected to see!
Wally Hackenslacker
2023-08-04 18:31:21 +0000 UTCSo were these things. used for business kyosks? or in museum that had interactive kyosks? (Which you just mentioned after I typed it) Maybe it was used in a school for some sort of special needs? I mean we take for granted how many different times out in the world over the years that including a computer to help sell or explain something to a customer or visitor. I'm sure it would work okay for a basic art program or childrens educational interactive stuff. I wonder if you could play chess and it would let you pick up pieces as if it was virtual? It might work better than FPC games. That's for sure.
MATTHEW DROPCO
2023-08-04 18:21:26 +0000 UTC
