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From: esf00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Elliott S. Frank)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Graphics tablets
Message-ID: <25341@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 23 Mar 88 20:28:42 GMT
References: <571@garth.UUCP>
Reply-To: esf00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Elliott S. Frank)
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In article <571@garth.UUCP> fenwick@garth.UUCP (Stephen Fenwick) writes:
>Does anyone in Net-land have experience with Kurta graphics
>tablets?

We bought one of their tablets (I think 9" by 12") at MacWorld Expo.
My wife is a graphic artist and was unwilling to learn how to draw all
over again using the mouse.  The tablet solves the problem -- she
draws (or traces) using the tablet and uses the mouse strictly for
menus.  She was able to go from opening the shrink wrap to producing
stuff with Illustrator in two (yes, 2) days.

Make sure that you get the proper version for your Mac -- they have one
that works with original mouse connection, and an ADB version.  Back in
January, the ADB version was packaged and documented for ][GS users:
our tablet included a floppy's worth of software for the ][GS and
instructions on how to attach it to that machine.  I very carefully
unpacked everything, put everything except the registration card in a
SAFE PLACE, plugged it into the ADB daisychain, and haven't found the
rest of the documentation since.
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