Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!crg5!lcline From: lcline@sequent.com (Larry Cline) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Graphics tablets? Message-ID: Date: 23 Oct 90 15:39:48 GMT References: <90295.104209IMS103@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: root@crg5.UUCP Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, Oregon Lines: 42 In-reply-to: IMS103@psuvm.psu.edu's message of 22 Oct 90 14:42:09 GMT In article <90295.104209IMS103@psuvm.psu.edu> IMS103@psuvm.psu.edu (Ian Matthew Smith) writes: I was talking to an artist friend who is interested in the Amiga and I need to know about some imput devices. She has used mice (Mac & IBM) and does not like the feel. Could anyone recommend a good input device that uses drivers so it can work with existing software programs? (DP III, Disney's Animation Studio, ect...) What would be the best for someone used to drawing with pen and ink? Most work will be *exactly* what Disney's program does, so any ideas? Thanks in advance. Ian Smith I would strongly recommend the R&DL AProDraw tablet. I have used them myself and an artist friend of mine would love to get one (but she'd have to buy an Amiga first and she doesn't have the money). They come with a stylus and can be used to replace the mouse. It works with DPaint but I'm not sure how well it works with Anim.Studio (they originally had problems with the DPaint interface). One thing I did notice was that when working with the normal intuition stuff it was very uncomfortable for me. The idea of tapping the pen twice to open a drawer seems foreign. Fortunately, if you put the stylus down so that it is not on the tablet surface, you can use the mouse normally. If you have the stylus down on the tablet, the mouse fights with the tablet and you get all kinds of interesting motion. One drawback I noted was that it used the serial port. Possibly with a serial port card you can get away from tying up the port. I don't recall how well it shared the serial port. It might be that you would have to kill the driver if you wanted to use a 25pin switchbox. The tablets are available in different sizes up to 18" x 18" (?) and maybe even larger now. They are more expensive than the Easyl but I prefer them because you can use the tablet one handed and they're available in different sizes. Just my $.02 worth. Larry Cline lcline@sequent.sequent.com