Tablet PCs

[Terry Yager]

Lastly... begging small and easily posted thing... IBM Thinkpad tablet-pc stylus/pen? I could use at least one, even broken - just to reverse engineer it, or does anyone know exactly how they work.

Nig

My intention was to create a tutorial on tablet/touch screen technology, but I discovered that Wikipedia has the subject pretty well-covered already.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen, and...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_PC

--T

[nige the hippy]

Ooh cheers,

I'm probably going to have to do a bit more research on the wacom thingy (wonder if any active wacom pen would work??) or spend £30 on a new pen and hope the technology hasn't changed in the past 12 years (although sounds like it has).

Could do with frequency info etc

I just fancied wipe-clean computing in the kitchen and a pile of little old thinkpads for not-a-lot seemed to fit the bill.

Nig

[Terry Yager]

Yes, AFAIK. I have several tablets with that digitizer, and all the pens are interchangable among mine. Of course, the IBM ones do have that pretty pink logo on 'em.

Which model(s) of IBM tablet(s) do you have?

--T

[nige the hippy]

wiping away the cobwebs....

model 2523

or 710T

[Terry Yager]

Lemme know if ya need drivers, other software for it.

--T

[nige the hippy]

cheers... will do!

[Terry Yager]

cheers... will do!

Somewhere 'round here, I have drivers for both W95 & 3.1, depending which you want to run.

--T

[nige the hippy]

i'll probably put 95 on it, i know it's only a 486, but i think it'll cope. i did look for bits & bats software-wise, but there's a lot of other 710Ts out there that aren't thinkpad tablet pcs.

You can email me the drivers if you like (please) I got a 5MB file attatchment yesterday, so my mailbox will handle it.
I must start my own website sometime just to hold the useful info I've collected on it.

Cheers yet again...

[IBMMuseum]

wiping away the cobwebs....

model 2523

or 710T
730T or 730TEs are pretty common too. Look over http://www.gilanet.com/ohlandl/2524/2524.html and http://www.gilanet.com/ohlandl/2524/2524_System_Board.html for information on them. For the display (not the digitizing back to the system) it will be the WDC 90C24 chip (U21).

[nige the hippy]

Excellent links thanks, and there is software referenced too.

[Terry Yager]

i'll probably put 95 on it, i know it's only a 486, but i think it'll cope. i did look for bits & bats software-wise, but there's a lot of other 710Ts out there that aren't thinkpad tablet pcs.

You can email me the drivers if you like (please) I got a 5MB file attatchment yesterday, so my mailbox will handle it.
I must start my own website sometime just to hold the useful info I've collected on it.

Cheers yet again...

OK, ummn...I'll dig 'em up.

--T

[Terry Yager]

If you can find the d/l for the 730-series, the Pen Services 2.0 is the same for the 710 & 360PE. I have the 95 version running on an Epson 50MHz 486, and it ain't too bad.

--T