This isn’t the first light pen we’ve seen, they can even be connected to modern computers, too. Posted in Retrocomputing Tagged Light Pen, vector display, vectrex. Post navigation.

Light pens were a popular accessory in the 8-bit computing days, offering a relatively inexpensive pointing device that gave your micro an even more futuristic feel.

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Pen Input. Long before the mouse became a standard pointing device, light pens (sometimes called light wands) were used as input devices with electronic medical record (EMR) systems.

Malcolm Lyall-Watson reports for Tomorrow's World on the computer interface of the future - a light pen that can draw directly onto a phosphorescent computer screen. The device, developed by ...