It interprets UD-II and WACOM-IV protocols and allows me to draw and erase in a small drawing area in the application. I've written a REALbasic application that talks to my old Wacom ArtZ-II tablet through the serial port (a Keyspan adapter) under Mac OS X.

So it's back to the drawing board for me! Maybe you'd like to assist my courageous effort to bring serial tablets to life under Mac OS X? Enjoy!Īlas, there is no support for old serial Wacom tablets hidden in the Ink stuff. pressure sensitivity with the brush tool). Download the Wacom tablet drivers and install them they don't do anything (they won't even recognise your tablet), but they will stop Flash from crashing and let you use the full feature set (e.g. Not to worry! Those lunatics at Macromedia decided no-one other than Wacom would ever make tablets, so we just have to humour them. But as luck would have it, use a non-Wacom tablet, and Flash MX crashes as soon as you touch pen to tablet. One of the best apps for using a tablet to draw with is Flash, especially with it's pencil smoothing features. Feel free to close the InkPad, you can open it again through the preferences or the menu item without having to dig through /System again. From now on, Ink will appear in System Preferences until you turn handwriting recognition off. In the preferences, turn handwriting recognition on. Once InkPad is open, choose 'Open Ink Preferences' and you'll see the Ink prefpane. Double-click it to start it, and the InkPad should appear on your screen. Go to /System -> Library -> Components -> Ink.component -> Contents -> SharedSupport/ and you'll find InkServer.app.

Luckily however, you can force Ink to start and then stay on between reboots. Unfortunately, Apple doesn't officially support any brand except Wacom for use with Ink. Double-whammy who can guess what I just bought.

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