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Subject:    Re: graphic tablet experiecne ?
From:       Nick Hibma <nick.hibma () jrc ! it>
Date:       1998-09-30 9:07:48
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 > >does anyone have experience with graphic tablets -- particularly with
 > >cheap serial units ?

If you have the exact model number I can try and have a look in the ARC
view manual.

If you have a fax number I can mail you an example of a graphic tablet
we had in my old Unit. That was a very strange encoding but in the end I
got it to work. Would take me some time to figure out though.

Nik

 > 
 > No experience, but I have poked around a bit in case I needed to
 > implement some touchscreen support.
 > 
 > >i have tried one (a kid's model, "Wacky pad") and it seems not to talk
 > >any protocol recognized by moused. This one seems to talk at 9600,
 > >emits 5-byte strings with some strange absolute coordinate encoding
 > >which i managed to translate into a reasonable x,y format with a little
 > >bit of debugging, but i am wondering if there is some standard about
 > >this.
 > 
 > Is there anything like it in the supported mice for XFree86 ?
 > 
 > Robert
 > 
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