Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!amdahl!esf00 From: esf00@uts.amdahl.com (Elliott S. Frank) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Graphics Tablet..? Help! Message-ID: Date: 17 Oct 89 19:00:34 GMT References: <2745@harrier.ukc.ac.uk> Reply-To: esf00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Elliott S. Frank) Organization: The Beige Building Full of Bright Engineers, Inc. Lines: 30 In article <2745@harrier.ukc.ac.uk> dl1@ukc.ac.uk (D.Langford) writes: >C'mon, guys... a week and several hundred messages ago I posted: > >> A friend has asked me to suggest how his son, an artist, can use a >> Mac to produce line art. The problem is that he doesn't like using >> the mouse for drawing - he'd prefer 'something like a pencil', >> which is the medium he's used to. Ok, ok .. I only read a small faction :-) of comp.sys.mac, so I thought someone else had answered this ... My wife had the same complaint "...every time I hit a new medium, I have to learn how to draw all over again ...." so we bought a Kurta ADB tablet. It's likde drawing with one of those pencils they give you in first or second grade (big, fat, and not as fast as a 0000 Rapidograph). It comes in various sizes (we have 8.5" x 11") and plugs into the ADB on an SE[x] or II[cx][xi] as just another device. It has a lifetime (!!!) warranty and they're even upgrading original ADB tablets to pick up new features. It comes with a cdev to adjust speed and sensitivity. Ours has a corded pen, you can also get a cordless pen for about $100. Street price is a hair under $400, check around ... ----- -- Elliott Frank ...!{hplabs,ames,sun}!amdahl!esf00 (408) 746-6384 or ....!{bnrmtv,drivax,hoptoad}!amdahl!esf00 [the above opinions are strictly mine, if anyone's.] [the above signature may or may not be repeated, depending upon some inscrutable property of the mailer-of-the-week.]