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From: dca@toylnd.UUCP (David C. Albrecht)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Summagraphics Drawing Pads
Message-ID: <288@toylnd.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 89 06:50:19 GMT
References: <659@philmtl.philips.ca>
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Organization: Dave & Anne, Charlottesville VA.
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In article <659@philmtl.philips.ca>, belanger@philmtl.philips.ca (Robert Belanger) writes:
> 
> 	I can purchase a very inexpensive Summagraphics Drawing Pad but i am
> wondering if any package supports it at all. I have the spec (both hardware
> software) and I can write a driver (handler maybe) for it. But I do not
> want to write my own drawing package, all I want is at worst write the
> interface. Any clues?

Well, I also picked up a drawing pad very cheap ($50).  I've been moving pretty
slow on writing a driver for it but I figure it should be fairly easy to make it
work to some degree with any program that will take mouse input.  The tablet
I have can be set to delta mode so I could simply install a handler in the
input chain read the serial port and translate the delta movements into mouse
movement packets.  Once I get that working maybe I can come up with something
fancier.  I should think that you could do something like this with your tablet
as well which will give it at least some functionality with any paint program.

David Albrecht