wave@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Johnson) (02/09/91)
(Peter Clark) writes: >> >>I would like to see NeXT adapt Apple's Desktop Bus standard. At the risk of >>annoying the religious folk,the Desktop bus strikes me as being a great idea. >> This reminds me of something I keep meaning to ask about. Here at the Media Lab we have a whole bunch of Wacom tablets, which are cordless, pressure ensitive tablets. I'm sure it's as trivial to hook one of these up via the serial port on the NeXT as it is to do it to any other random UNIX machine, but is there a politically correct way to allow me to use it as the mouse? For a lot of drawing tasks, a cordless pressure sensitive stylus with a button on it is far superior to a mouse. Please e-mail and I'll summarize to the net; there is far too much traffic on this newsgroup as it is. -- --> Michael B. Johnson --> MIT Media Lab -- Computer Graphics & Animation Group --> (617) 253-0663 -- wave@media-lab.media.mit.edu
madler@pooh.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) (02/10/91)
>> For a lot of drawing tasks, a cordless pressure sensitive stylus >> with a button on it is far superior to a mouse. Boy, I'll say. Drawing with a mouse is like trying to draw with a bar of soap. How much are these Wacom tablets? Also, please share if you get the thing working as a mouse. To get you started, you might try the InstallTablet application in NextAdmin. It claims to install a tablet on serial port B. It claims that the tablet has to be compatible with a SummaSketch I (MM I format) and use a 12x12 inch format. It does not say if the tablet then replaces the mouse, augments the mouse, or is just another device lurking in /dev. Mark Adler madler@pooh.caltech.edu