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From: madler@pooh.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
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Subject: Re: Politcally Correct alternative pointing devices
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>> For a lot of drawing tasks, a cordless pressure sensitive stylus
>> with a button on it is far superior to a mouse.  

Boy, I'll say.  Drawing with a mouse is like trying to draw with a bar of
soap.  How much are these Wacom tablets?  Also, please share if you get the
thing working as a mouse.

To get you started, you might try the InstallTablet application in NextAdmin.
It claims to install a tablet on serial port B.  It claims that the tablet
has to be compatible with a SummaSketch I (MM I format) and use a 12x12 inch
format.  It does not say if the tablet then replaces the mouse, augments
the mouse, or is just another device lurking in /dev.

Mark Adler
madler@pooh.caltech.edu