Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!vax.rz.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de!kruel From: kruel@vax.rz.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de (Thomas-Martin Kruel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: GRAPHICS TABLET for the ST Message-ID: <104:kruel@vax.rz.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de> Date: 18 Mar 90 01:21:00 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 47 In a previous article on this group, Mr. John Schmitt has asked for graphics tablets for the ST. We have got one in our department, here is some information: - Name: SummaSketch Plus - Manufacturer and vendor: Summagraphics Corporation 777 State Street Extension, Fairfield, CT 06430, U.S.A. Phone (in the U.S.): 203-384-1344 - Features: - work area approx. 12" x 12" - four-button mouse - two-button stylus - resolution is 1000 lines per inch - works through a mouse emulator - both PC and ST-versions exist - input cable for the ST is hooked between keyboard cable and ST - power supply is external - Package includes an installation program (defining your work area mainly) and a driver, announcing the device (don't know what is does exactly). - documentation is very, very poor (no manual at all). - 2 years warranty - Price: approx. 2000.- DM (here in Germany). A colleague of mine works with it, doing the programming in GFA-Basic. We digitize old, dusty recorded curves with it. Works quite satisfactory. If anybody needs more info, please email directly. Thomas-Martin Kruel. Thomas-Martin Kruel Inst.f.Physikal.Chemie d.Univ.Wuerzburg, Marcusstr.9-11 D-8700 Wuerzburg, West Germany BITNET: (will expire 4/1/90) EAN: