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TabletMagic 2.0 Beta 16


TabletMagic An open source Mac OS X driver and control panel for serial and ADB Wacom tablets

System Requirememts
Mac OS X 10.3 or later
Download Details
Company Scott Lahteine
Version 2.0 Beta 16
Post Date May 12, 2009
License GPL
File Size 595 KB
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TabletMagic 2.0 Beta 16


An open source Mac OS X driver and control panel for serial and ADB Wacom tablets
Open Source Mac OS X driver and control panel for serial and ADB Wacom tablets in Mac OS X.

TabletMagic is a project designed to expand to support other obsolete tablet brands. A full C++ tablet daemon and prototype control panel are already implemented, KEXT planned.

Is TabletMagic Really Magic? The short answer, no. Just the practical kind.

The Keyspan USA28X serial adapter communicates reliably with the Wacom ArtZ-II tablet at both 9600 and 19200 baud. This places no stress whatsoever on the USB system.

19200 baud - or 19.2 K per second - is very low bandwidth compared to the full potential of USB 1 (1.2 Megabytes per second). Wacom tablets can communicate at the full speed they were designed for -- and they do so very well in Mac OS X.


Requirements:

  • Wacom serial tablet
  • Serial port or adapter.


    What's New in This Release:

  • Looks for a built-in digitizer to detect TabletPCs.
  • Sets the baud rate to 38400 for "WACF008" digitizers.