Re: Apple Graphics Tablet info?

[warren@techie.com (Warren Ernst)]

[This followup was posted to comp.sys.apple2 and a copy was sent to the 
cited author.]

In article <34f8dcdd.0@news3.ibm.net>, rrs0059@ibm.net says...
> 
> I was given a "real good price" (;-) on an Apple Graphics Tablet (part
> A2M0029), and I'd like to try interfacing it to an SBC (single-board
> computer).  There was no documentation in the package, and several hours
> of 'web searching failed to turn up any information on this unit.
> 
> The tablet is about 2' x 2', and has a "header plug" on a cable attached
> to the tablet itself and another hooked to the end of the stylus.
> 
> Can anyone offer any clues as to the tablet's cable pinouts, protocols, or
> anything else about this unit?  Was this a gen-you-wine apple creation?
> Or a relabelled Wacom/CalComp/whatever?

Frank,

Yup, this is a genuine Apple product, though you are also missing the 
vital card that goes into an Apple II slot - most people used Slot 4. 
This was a smart card with loads of chips on it, so I don't think pinout 
information won't be all that useful.

They worked really well when used with software that had support for it - 
Blazing Paddles, Beagle Graphics, and maybe Dazzledraw come to mind. All 
of these are 8 bit programs. I don't recall any GS programs that used it, 
but I am hardly a definitve source on 16 bit software.

Virtually,
Warr
former Beagle Bros tech support

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