From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Sep 30 01:23:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA22485 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 01:23:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from manchester.genrad.com (x183.genrad.co.uk [195.99.3.183]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA22478 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 01:23:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swindellsr@genrad.co.uk) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 01:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199809300823.BAA22478@hub.freebsd.org> Received: from CDP275.uk.genrad.com by manchester.genrad.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.0.1460.8) id T6JPGS75; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 09:22:46 +0100 From: Robert Swindells To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it CC: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, mgp-users@mew.org In-reply-to: <199809300351.EAA07436@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> (message from Luigi Rizzo on Wed, 30 Sep 1998 04:51:58 +0100 (MET)) Subject: Re: graphic tablet experiecne ? Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >does anyone have experience with graphic tablets -- particularly with >cheap serial units ? No experience, but I have poked around a bit in case I needed to implement some touchscreen support. >i have tried one (a kid's model, "Wacky pad") and it seems not to talk >any protocol recognized by moused. This one seems to talk at 9600, >emits 5-byte strings with some strange absolute coordinate encoding >which i managed to translate into a reasonable x,y format with a little >bit of debugging, but i am wondering if there is some standard about >this. Is there anything like it in the supported mice for XFree86 ? Robert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message