** I'm not as good as I was once, but I am as good once as I ever was.. "A nasty bit of rough" by David Feherty ** Okies, all you wizards out there in the ether I know some of you have been using various tablets .. and since I need a new one, I've been surfing a cdw website and seem to have found a mother lode of tablets/pens and ... well I stopped looking at number 100 of 139 .. and being now thoroughly confused , I am wondering if any of you would care to share any of your experiences w/ these things. Like the first one up looks to be not too much larger than the touchpad on a lot of laptops, but it has some sort of stylus. It's called "Interlink ePad" it's USB, and it's "extended" description begins ...
Touchpad VersaPad? Semiconductive Actuator Type Optimized for an ordinary stylus. Also works with finger, gloved hand, ball point pen over pager
Operation Modes Absolute pen input, relative mouse pointing Report Rate 100 reports per second Resolution Absolute mode: 300 counts per inch Relative mode: 150 counts per inch Pressure Sensitivity 128 levels of pressure measured on Z axis Interface Serial or USB Dimensions Actual: 140mm x 140mm x 16mm Signing area: 25.4mm x 55.1mm Weight: .263kg Power Self-powered from standard USB port USB: Windows 98,2000,ME Requires CD-ROM drive for software installation this looks interesting but , would it work ?? ( It's awfully small.. I think) Anyone know anything about it? Then we have a whole bunch of Wacom variants , beginning w/ Wacom Graphire2 ( steel blue ) dunno why they mention the colour here , they don't seem to in all the other Wacoms I looked at, perhaps this colour is , er.. *special* or the pad could read my mind , or ...? It is either serial or USB ( I'm guessing it's not both but needs to be specified on purchase ??? Does THis one work nicely w/ Suse 8.2 ???
Pressure sensitive pen & cordless, batteryless mouse Graphire2's pen has 512 levels of pressure, so you can easily edit your digital photos or make a quick sketch. Graphire2's cordless, batteryless mouse has no ball to clean so it never skips. Combine all this with the stylish Graphire2 tablet, and you have the perfect solution for all your input needs - in a space no bigger than a mousepad. Graphire2 includes: The Graphire2 Pen, complete with programmable DuoSwitch, built-in eraser and 512 levels of pressure sensitivity. The three-button cordless, ball-free Graphire2 Mouse complete with fingerwheel. The Graphire2 tablet with removable pen stand and transparent overlay for easier tracing. Adobe Photoshop LE & Corel Painter Classic - so you can edit your favorite photos, or simply draw and paint on your computer.
System requirements PC- PC running Windows 98, 2000, Millennium or XP; Powered USB port, CD-ROM drive & color monitor. Mac- iMac or PowerMac with Mac OS 8.5, 9 or 10.1; powered USB port, CD-ROM drive & color monitor. They could leave out the programs included.. they are both very likely really limited , at least back in the old days they were mainly a "demo" and had many of the desirable items greyed out... and one needed to buy the "full" version in order to get any real use of them. and there seem to be a rather large assortment of sizes to choose from... Is anyone able to recommend these? ( Or point me away from them? Moving on ...
Wacom Intuos2 6X8 USB Tablet
These are what I'd first thought of when I knew I needed a new one, but this thing, although certainly not the largest surface , is pretty pricey... even if it *does* come w/ a cordless and ball-free mouse and the pen is alleged to have some sort of super sensitive grip , so one doesn't get repetitive injury from the pen.. ( I've never heard of anyone having that happen, but I spose anything is possible if you work at it long enough ) Still $350 plus shipping etc seems a lot of cash for a small (ish) tablet .. There is also one listed as "ruby" that is only about $95 , so that is weird... OTH, if it works really well , I *could* put up w/ the price ... <G> assuming *some* of your messages might be long... feel free to write to me personally TIA, y'all, -- j Talkin' to myself again; Wond'rin' if this travelin' is good. Is there something else a doin' ? Somethin' I'd be doin' if I could. But if it all blows up ; and goes to hell;I hope that we could sit upon , a bed in some motel... just singin' all the stories we could tell. j. sebastian it's just an afterthought; okay ? : I have to stop now, my fingers are getting hoarse.