31 Aug
2001
31 Aug
'01
10:29 a.m.
I also found a DEC drawing tablet. Plugs into the DEC
mini-DIN-6 mouse
port.
Unfortunately it's got no pen or puck. There is no
plug for the
drawing
instrument, so I suppose it's some kind of
magnetic device. Anyone
know some
kind of replacement? The unit is called the VSXXX-AB.
I've got one of these laying around too. As far as I can tell, they're
pretty much a
DEC-rebadged Summagraphics SummaSketch II tablet with the serial cable
customized to allow it to be connected to a DEC mouse port.
I guess these tablets were popular in the IBM world for CAD work, and
maybe they
worked with Macintosh systems as well? The one I've got has a
four-button puck;
I'm not sure if they were available with a stylus (probably not).
Maybe this helps.
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