🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.windows.ms
Article #11656

Re: Summagraphic Digitizer - driver wanted

#11656
From: Mike Berger
Date: Wed, 08 May 1991 21:01
24 lines
1734 bytes
joshua.grosse@amail.amdahl.com writes:

>A buddy of mine without access to e-mail or USENet has asked me if I could
>locate a windows driver for his digitizer -- cica has only video and printer
>drivers available.  He's looking for some sort of mouse simulator for drawing
>in paint programs, I gather.

>I would appreciate any information you could provide that I could pass on to
>him.  An anon FTP site or bbs would do fine.  Thank you.
*----
I doubt you'll find what you're looking for that way.  Summagraphics
has a mouse driver for their digitizer pad for $ 50.  They don't have
a BBS, and driver updates aren't free.  I'd recommend that people
buy Mouse Systems products instead.  New drivers are available free
from their BBS.  If anybody knows of a public domain mouse driver
for summagraphics digitizers, or a public domain mouse driver for
Summagraphics optical mice (they won't even sell me a replacement
driver, because it's an OEM mouse, however identical to their regular
product line), I'd like to know the source too.
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
	AT&TNET     217-244-6067
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
Technical Details
Message-ID: <1991May8.210157.10676@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!clio.sts.uiuc.edu!berger
References: <m0jZOwn-0005uNC@juts.ccc.amdahl.com>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!clio.sts.uiuc.edu!berger
From: berger@clio.sts.uiuc.edu (Mike Berger)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Summagraphic Digitizer - driver wanted
Message-ID: <1991May8.210157.10676@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 8 May 91 21:01:57 GMT
References: <m0jZOwn-0005uNC@juts.ccc.amdahl.com>
Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 24