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- From: wave@waits.media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson)
- Subject: Re: Seeking information on Wacom tablet
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.223037.3161@news.media.mit.edu>
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- Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:30:37 GMT
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- T. Govindaraj writes
- > I recently acquired a copy of Virtuoso. Since it can support the Wacom
- > tablet, I would like to determine if it is worth getting one. I have no
- > idea of how much it costs and what other applications can use the Wacom
- > tablet. Any comments and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
- >
-
- Create 3.0 (which isn't shipping yet, but probably will be soon) has Wacom
- support. Wacom's generally cost several hundred dollars, pick up any Mac
- magazine. The 6x9 pad is very compact and nice, I think it's under $500. The
- larger tablets (I have the 12x12 electrostatic) are very nice but definitely
- take up space (the power supply is under the tablet, as opposed to running
- through a wire to the tablet). Let me check... Hmm. I can't find a Mac
- magazine quickly to check, but I remember that the last time I recommended a
- Wacom purchase, I found the cheapest price to be one of those 900 number Mac
- vendors (I think it was in TX). I believe the electrostatic 12x12 was about
- $700.
-
- If you're a programmer, the interface to using the pressure info is very nice
- (thanks Peter!). There's a good demo in
- /NextDeveloper/Examples/AppKit/UnderPressure.
-
- I find the Wacom to be a wonderful device to use, and wish more software
- supported it (i.e. Appsoft Image). Hopefully more will this year.
-
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