Hi,
Some years back I managed to buy a second hand (no pun intended) PowerGlove
and set about finding all the info I could about it. I never throw anything
away so I still have it all backed up on CD.
I have just uploaded it all to my web space at:
http://members.optushome.com.au/miriame/PowerGlove/
I haven't put an index page in there -- that way you can check out what you
might like and download what takes your fancy. I will only leave it up
there for about a week though because I seem to have hit my webspace limit
(50Megs my ass! -- gotta sort that out with them later).
If anybody wants this stuff snail-mailed on CD to them because of
slow/costly connection then I will do that at no cost.
If anybody knows of other resources that I have missed please let me know.
There was a whole lot of Rend386 stuff in there too. I wasn't going to
upload it but I seem to recall that some of the glove stuff worked with
Rend386, and not wanting to spend the time refreshing my memory I simply
uploaded the lot.
Have fun,
- Miriam
At 11:38 PM 04/05/2001 -0400, Gordon Mott wrote:
>There was one for windows [a PowerGlove mouse driver] floating around out on
>the internet years ago, I'll have to go through some floppies - the bookmark
>is around here somewhere...
>
>-Gordon
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bryan Hurley" <
>
>To: "Chris Kalos" <
>
>Cc: <
>
>Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 4:16 PM
>Subject: Re: PowerGlove
>
>
> >
> > It shouldn't be crazy difficult to do with linux...
> >
> > With windows.. well.. you could have a microcontroller take values in one
> > serial port.. if you got the serial port powerglove interface and output
> > out the other port serial mouse codes..
> >
> > or maybe someone has writtne a driver, but I can't find one yet.
> >
> > Bryan Hurley
> >
> > On Thu, 3 May 2001, Chris Kalos wrote:
> >
> > > Hrm... Now I'm wondering if there *is* a PowerGlove mouse driver.
> > > And yes, that *would* look Borg. :-)
> > >
> > > CK
> > >
> > > On Fri, 4 May 2001, Bryan Hurley wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I did this in highschool. You need a NES extension cable. then you can
> > > > hack it instead of your original cable.. Its pretty simple honestly..
>you
> > > > need a DSUB25pin male end to conenct the wires into and a 5v power
>source
> > > > I think.
> > > >
> > > > I ran the control cables into the parallel port and leached power from
>teh
> > > > game port..
> > > >
> > > > I had a C object file that someone else wrote and didn't design the
> > > > physical data setup either..
> > > >
> > > > It worked pretty well though.
> > > >
> > > > I know there were converter boxes for serial too..
> > > >
> > > > I suppose you could mount the three ultrasonic receivers on your right
> > > > shoulder, left shoulder and left hip, with the glove on your right
>arm.
> > > > Then you would have to reverse the direction the beacons are facing on
>the
> > > > glove..
> > > >
> > > > Boy would that look borg..
> > > >
> > > > Bryan Hurley
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 3 May 2001, Chris Kalos wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Okay, all of you know that I'm talking about, I'll assume, but
> > > > > here's a quick recap just in case:
> > > > >
> > > > > Mattel released an accessory for the NES called the Power Glove.
> > > > > It's pretty much a ringmouse with finger position capabilities for 3
> > > > > fingers and a thumb. Same ultrasonic system and all.
> > > > >
> > > > > I know that ultrasonics tend to make for overly bulky,
> > > > > unmanageable interfaces for wearables, but I'm thinking about doing
>it
> > > > > anyway. The idea isn't to make it a pointing device, but to have
>the
> > > > > wearable track my arm, hand, and finger movements and record them
> > > > > over the course of the day. As such, I don't need extremely high
> > > > > resolution, so if I can shrink down (read: take a hacksaw to) the
> > > > > ultrasound frame, it just might be doable.
> > > > >
> > > > > Here's the problem. There's at least 4 or 5 different interfaces
> > > > > to the Power Glove for the PC. Does anyone here know which would
>work
> > > > > best? Even better, does anyone know where I can get one of the old
> > > > > interface boxes? I'd rather not build it myself, since this is
>really a
> > > > > one shot, and this is the only glove I'll be able to get for a while
> > > > > (saving up for a twiddler 2 next).
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > > CK
> > > > >
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