gloriouscowdoes archive.org really need a 4800 dpi scan of all sides of the box?
no, probably not.
is it getting a 4800 dpi scan of all sides of the box? yes. yes it is.
slowly building an archive dump for FTG light pens as well.
once I get a few more of the cards (one of which is coming with a whole bag of original documents/manuals) this will all be going up as well
MolarFox 
so a utility to tell you if your light pen is working okay would be useful right?
it would tell you if your pen is ok.
what might such a utility be named
i am sorry i am making the fediverse worse
Sean 🤷♂️🤷♀️🤷@gloriouscow hard disagree.
i will try harder
Thalia Archibald@gloriouscow I'm not sick of it yet! What's your favorite software using a C64 light pen? I have a light pen but nothing to do with it.
@thalia I don't know a damn thing about the C64, so I can't give a personal recommendation.
But I highly suggest you track down whatever software this demon child is using and build your dream home
@thalia seriously what is even going on here, is she wearing a duvet cover
@gloriouscow Well I've got that same model of Commodore Datassette, so I'm good to go. I just need some way to get it on the cassette, since this it doesn't have a regular audio jack and my other cassette recorders have issues. Possibly some convoluted way through my Commodore 64 Ultimate.
@thalia is this like 80's AI
the Wikipedia article on the light pen is pathetic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pen
we will be expanding this
first though, the article on the CGA card has no light pen section! unacceptable!!!
BAM look who has a light pen section now
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter#Light_pen_support
let me know if you see any typos lol
autumn 
@gloriouscow there is an extra “</ref>” at the end of the section where it mentions Sargon III and Micrografx PC-Draw.
@autumn thanks, fixed!
coldclimate@gloriouscow ten year old me wanted a Sam Coupe just so I could have a light pen
@gloriouscow and now I discover it was vaporware anyway! https://www.worldofsam.org/products/lightpen
@coldclimate you can probably make an adapter!
Rusty ShacklefordWow! Question, has the page seen any content deletion?
Yes:
> 19:18, 8 November 2020 Diannaa talk contribs 4,507 bytes −1,193 remove copyright content copied from (http://www.csa.edu.hk/cit/resource/f4-6/do_it/course/input/285.htm)
Checking archive & unfortunately November 7th/ 8th were not captured.
https://web.archive.org/*/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pen
Neither were those .edu resources...
https://www.csa.edu.hk/cit/resource/f4-6/do_it/course/input/285.htm
Returns 'no object found'.
Also didn't work:
https://sites.google.com/csa.edu.hk/cit/resource/f4-6/do_it/course/input/285.htm
https://sites.google.com/csa.edu.hk/csait/%E9%A6%96%E9%A0%81
Maybe someone else knows what this was.
I'm not a historian and I'm not going to pretend to be, but I think i can flesh it out a bit from the PC perspective - there are entire paragraphs that make no grammatical sense
NightDice 
@gloriouscow
you spelled "better" wrong
you spelled "better" wrong
horsedreamer@gloriouscow oh don't be so hard on yourself/don't give yourself so much credit. the fediverse gets worse whether we help it or not.
Geoff Beier@gloriouscow Or what if you lived on an island, and had a store where you sold pens? What domain might you register? https://penisland.net
Steve@petard @gloriouscow “We Specialize in Wood”
“Q: Can I provide my own wood?
A: In most cases we can handle your wood. We do require all shipments to be clean, free of parasites and pass all standard customs inspections.”
That’s pretty amazing
Tom Forsyth
@TomF if pen is too chilly, pen is not ok
@gloriouscow the penis mightier than the sword
catatonicprime@gloriouscow if they work, I could definitely use one of these.