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The original iMac had a touchscreen variant.

A company called Elo produced and sold them as kiosk machines. They used sound waves to detect where you touched them!

YouTuber Michael MJD shows one off in a video about the Elo iMac’s history. Action Retro also got one, and his YouTube video has details on the tech inside.

If you happen to find one, you can find the driver for it over at Macintosh Garden.

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