Re: Digitizing arms??

Hello,

I've got my summasketch III running on XP using a driver called
tabletworks. I'm assuming all windows OS's will work with this
summasketch III.

Not to start a windows-bashing war, but I was nervous as hell about
building another windows box. Since Apple went to UNIX, I "switched"
the two new macs I have have NEVER crashed. It's a different story
for my windows CNC/drafting machine.

If only the big makers of CAD would port over to linux or UNIX or MAC
OS X, there would be some big money to be made, seriously.

Jason

> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:11:43 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Harvey White wrote:
> >
> >>On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:54:54 -0000, you wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I agree,
> >>>
> >>>Get one of those summagraphics tablets on ebay real cheap... those
> >>>have a crosshair puck, most accurate hand-tracing you can get.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Before you get one of them, make sure that the drivers are available
> >>for your operating system of choice. No drivers = no fun. Not all
> >>drivers are available for all operating systems depending on the model
> >>of the tablet.
> >>
> >>
> >Actually, these devices are very simple. I've never used a specific
> >driver. They put out strings of ASCII text, it looks something like :
> >P00015 00037
> >P00027 00305
> >P00120 00429
>
> If you will use it with a windows application, then you need the
> driver. If you are rolling your own, then of course, a driver is not
> needed.
>
> Many of the older tablets do not have windows XP support, and as such,
> are not workable with windows programming that you cannot get into and
> make a driver for... probably things like autocad, rhino, carrara,
> truespace, coreldraw, etc...
>
> All the rules change when you write your own application.
>
> Harvey
>
> >
> >etc.
> >One coordinate per line, X and Y coordinates. I think the letter
> >says whether it is sending single points from a button push or
> >a continuous stream as fast as it can send them. The interface is
> >generally a DB-25 RS-232 serial connection.
> >
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