[ale] Tablet input devices

[Geoffrey]

Joe wrote:
> "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> writes:
> 
> 
>> Not sure of the price, but my Wacom Intuos works perfectly. It has
>> good support in the Gimp.
> 
> 
> Hah! The Wacom starts at $200.

That depends on the size.  My wacom (4x5) with mouse and stylus was < 
$100.  They have a couple of them at the Walmart here for < $100.

A quick check at pricewatch shows my same tablet/mouse/stylus at $89. 
There are some generic ones there as well starting at $50, but I've no 
idea if any of them work with Linux.

In the interest of being a cheapskate,
>  I socked a whopping $23 - including shipping - into a JamStudio 
> tablet (which allegedly will more-or-less work using the Wacom 
> driver; we'll see):
> 
> <URL: http://www.store.yahoo.com/glob2000/jam75inusgra1.html>

Let us know if you have any luck?

> 
> This "Global Computer Supply" outfit has got some pretty sweet deals
> on other random hardware, too.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -- Joe Knapka
> 
> 
>> On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 16:15, Joe wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi folks,
>>> 
>>> I'm interested in getting hold of a digitizer tablet that works 
>>> under Linux. Does anyone have a recommendation for such a 
>>> beastie, preferably in the < $100 range?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> -- Joe Knapka _______________________________________________ Ale
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>> 
>> -- James P. Kinney III          \Changing the mobile computing
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>> 
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> 
> 

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