Trackball and graphics tablet recommendations

[Vulpes Velox]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:57:56 +0100 (BST)
"Jon Mercer" <jon.mercer at achean.com> wrote:

> 
> On Fri, June 10, 2005 12:14, Mario Hoerich said:
> > # Vulpes Velox:
> >> "Jon Mercer" <jon.mercer at achean.com> wrote:
> >
> > [ graphics tablet and FreeBSD? ]
> >> > Only restriction is that it has to be relatively recent (i.e.
> >> > still in the shops) and most of the functionality should work.
> >> > PS2 or USB doen't matter.
> > [...]
> >> Not sure about tablets. You may want to check on the USB list to
> >> see what the status of the Wacom ones are.
> >
> > USB tablets won't work, I think (see
> > <URL:http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/all>).
> > |
> > | I recognize that FreeBSD and similar systems have USB support;
> > | however, until someone can bridge the gap between the FreeBSD
> > | kernel and the XFree86 driver, the problem is largely unsolved.
> >
> > I've googled quite extensively for that a while back and came up
> > with pretty much nothing (except for some posters whose questions
> > about tablets remained unanswered).
> >
> > I'd actually love to be proved wrong here. ;)

I remember doing the same several months back. From what I remember
finding is that it was fixed in netbsd. No clue if it ever got copied
over.

> > Cheers,
> > Mario
> > --
> >  "Für Gegner der Reform wird ein Wagen, der an die Wand gefahren
> >   wurde, nicht dadurch wieder flott, dass man zwei seiner Räder
> >   für intakt erklärt."
> >            -- Hermann Unterstöger, SZ, über die Rechtschraipreform
> >
> 
> Well I've done a bit of research now and decided on a Logitech
> Optical Trackman and given up on the idea of a tablet, the serial
> ones cost around £400 and that's too much for the use it'd get.
> Shame, I'd have enjoyed a new toy...

See if you can find a old Acecad Acecat Flair. It is serial but works
pretty decent.y