My guess is that an old wacom tablet is pretty likely to be supported by GNU/Linux.
.hc On Apr 26, 2012, at 2:27 PM, johannes wrote: > > hello max, > > you are right, wacom simply stop´d the development of the drivers for the old > tablets. > but there is a driver for osx called tabletmagic wich works with alot of > stoneage wacom tablets: > > http://www.thinkyhead.com/tabletmagic > > anyway, i found the size of the tablet an important criteria for controlling > things. > did you know about very accurate tracking methods wich could be used as an > alterative to an pencilpoint? > > ciao, > jo > Am 26.04.12 19:29, schrieb Max: >> hi johannes, >> >> that's a bit OT, but i once had a huge and old serial wacom to play with. - >> i tried to use it with a serial to usb interface and that interface worked >> but the drivers for the tablet were only for PPC or even os 9, so there was >> no way getting it to work on os x. linux or windows might be a different >> story. a new simple tablet is around 70,- euro and spending a day trying to >> get it to work was definitely not worth it. >> >> max >> >> Am 24.04.2012 um 20:45 schrieb johannes: >> >>> hello hans, >>> >>> no, its a serial port. before buying an adapter i just wanted to know if it >>> would work and how the digitizer2 would work in pd >>> in comparrison to newer models. as far as i know the digitizer was build in >>> 1992 and was not cheap at all… but i can be wrong. >>> >>> thanks, >>> johannes >>> >>> Am 24.04.12 15:48, schrieb Hans-Christoph Steiner: >>>> If its USB, it worth messing with. Even the cheap Wacoms are pretty good. >>>> For OSX, you need to use Thomas Grill's Wacom object. For GNU/Linux, you >>>> can use [hid]. >>>> >>>> .hc >>>> >>>> On Apr 24, 2012, at 9:31 AM, johannes wrote: >>>> >>>>> hello, >>>>> >>>>> i just get an old wacom digitizer 2 tablet by a friend… >>>>> does that tablet works with pd under osx? >>>>> there seems to be an emulation to get it work under osx, but didnt found >>>>> infos on pd usabilty… >>>>> >>>>> as it is big but a quite old piece of gear iam also interessted in the >>>>> quality/ handling of the tablet… >>>>> in comparrison to newer but smaller tablets like the bamboo… >>>>> >>>>> any expieriences? >>>>> >>>>> thanks, >>>>> johannnes >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> [email protected] mailing list >>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>>>> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Terrorism is not an enemy. It cannot be defeated. It's a tactic. It's >>>> about as sensible to say we declare war on night attacks and expect we're >>>> going to win that war. We're not going to win the war on terrorism. >>>> - retired U.S. Army general, William Odom >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
