I got two Crayola Tablets (they are serial) one for my daughter's killer QL system to draw on TV (and avoid the mess) and one for my Q40... It works just fine with my regular QL as an IPC mouse (trouble is no DOing allowed but that's no problem for me)...
Check it out here: <URL: http://images.overstock.com/f/102/3117/30m/www.overstock.com/images/products /L40916.jpg > It's dirt cheap ( $24.00 is nothing ) and it might be fun for some of you with kids :-) The reason I bought it rests partly on Al Boehm and his grandson's QL games software that gave me all sorts of ideas for upgrading the software I wrote for my daughter :-) and partly on Arnould Nazarian ;-) I'll make sure I send them a copy, once my QL TV-toy is finished :-) (So far it does display pictures of the Bear in the Big Blue House, Rolie Polie Olie, Dora the Explorer and Sesame Street -All of them copyrighted of course... but it's interesting enough for my daughter... it's going to be BYOI (Bring Your Own Images) kind of thing :-). Preliminary specs for the toy: SGC / Aurora / RomDisQ or QubIDE/CF card for software updates Minerva MK II for I2C (see Lego) connectivity Slimline 40W (It's an overkill I know) PSU from ASTEC (Switchable 110/240 VAC) Crayola (or other) Serial Tablet Rugged Aluminum Case with rounded and Soft rubber-protected edges (and custom Decal / Paintjob - to make it interesting for a 3 year old :-) Since I haven't had an Aurora with a Minerva Rom so far I still don't know if the extra modes can be invoked like with SMSQ/E (with direct hardware access) but I am getting there :-) I am still debating on how I am going to drive the TV (Europe is not a problem with the scart but the States is... lucky me I have a Multisystem European tv here :-) Phoebus
