Wacom Tablets and OS X?

2004-01-11 23:55:26

I have a Wacon Tablet that is around six years old. Will the older os 9 versions of the Wacom tablets work on the new OS X Macs? Or should I buy a new one?
Thanks

@Wizard of Draws

2004-01-12 01:02:33

Healthy Stealthy ; wrote:

I have a Wacon Tablet that is around six years old. Will the older os 9 versions of the Wacom tablets work on the new OS X Macs? Or should I buy a new one?
Thanks

Mine works with Panther. If I remember correctly, I had to download and install a new driver.
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@Jack B

2004-01-12 02:04:30

In article , Healthy
Stealthy ; wrote:

I have a Wacon Tablet that is around six years old. Will the older os 9 versions of the Wacom tablets work on the new OS X Macs? Or should I buy a new one?
Thanks

I use an old Intuos on a G4 tower, 10.2.8; and an old Graphire on a G4 PowerBook. They work just as well under OS X, Classic, and booted into
9.2.2.

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@Tom Nelson

2004-01-12 17:41:55

The very old tablets with ADB connections will NOT work. But any USB Wacom will work fine. You'll need an OS X driver o'course.

In article , Healthy
Stealthy ; wrote:

I have a Wacon Tablet that is around six years old. Will the older os 9 versions of the Wacom tablets work on the new OS X Macs? Or should I buy a new one?
Thanks

@Steve Moody

2004-01-13 03:43:04

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Stealthy ; wrote:

I have a Wacon Tablet that is around six years old. Will the older os 9 versions of the Wacom tablets work on the new OS X Macs? Or should I buy a new one?

Six years old? If it is ADB or serial, you might be out of luck. The serial and ADB tablets will not work on a modern Mac even if you use a USB to serial/ADB adapter.

Some G3 and G4 Macs can be upgraded by adding a serial port. The "G port", it is called. Darn if I can remember the name of the company that makes it. I had put one in my B&W G3 some time before I sold it. Never got around to installed OS X drivers for the port since I no longer had a use for it after moving to a cable modem.

Another serial option is the Stealth Port, which you can get at geethree.com. <http://GeeThree.com/stealth/stealth.html>

These products for adding a serial port to a Mac take the place of the interanl modem, which traditionally, is a serial device. If you have a mirror drive G4, looking at the modem in the System Profiler will show you that the modem is a USB modem - interanl USB, that is, so a serial port added to take it's place will be a USB to serial adapter, and the Wacom tablet will not work.

If you have a G3 (biege or B&W), it might work with an ADB tablet, since those have ADB ports.