From: ralph@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Ralph Roland)
Subject: Re: Quest for cheap eyephones
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 91 03:34:20 GMT
Organization: Johns Hopkins University


think!laird@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU (Laird Popkin) writes:


>There is a company in the Boston area, whose name may be Gold Brick but
>that's only a vague memory, which makes a product which interfaces the NES
>Powerglove to the Mactosh via the ADB port.  They have software which
>allows the Powerglove to be used as a 2-d mouse controller or as a 3-d
>controller.  I was a bit impressed that one of the defined ADB controller
>types is a 3-d controller, with a number of interesting options.  Last year
>this fellow demoed a number of 3-d Mac applications driven by the
>Powerglove.  The interface was fairly expensive ($2-300) but it allowed you
>to use any NES controller (i.e. the Powerglove, IR "joystick", power pad, or
>joystick) which allows a wide range of cheap inputs to play with.

>It's a small company, so they don't advertise much.  I'll try to track them
>down.

The name of the product is 'Gold Brick', the company is:

   Transfinite Systems Company, Inc.
   PO Box N
   MIT Branch Post Office
   Cambridge, Ma 02139
   +1 617-969-9570

They did a demo of this product attached to a Power-Glove, and
a MAC at WorldCon this year...

...I wasn't too impressed (sorry)...

At that point, they claimed price was $169.00.