Just got my Intuos 3 6x8 Wacom. Damn I love this thing. Beautiful for rotoscoping and everything else i do. My carples were about to die.

The good thing about having a 6x8 tablet is that it doubles as a mouse mat, so you can save space on your desk.

Anyone know if there is such a thing? Would like to use my Mac wacom tablet on my PC.

I've had the Intuitos 2 6x8 for quite awhile and would be lost without it. Recently I've been putting it aside though when doing non graphics stuff however. With a 23" screen the mouse area seems a little too limited and I can work quicker with the regular Apple mouse.

John, not really sure what you're looking for. Do you have some sort of ancient serial tablet, or doesn't your PC have a USB port. Keyspan makes USB to serial adaptors: http://www.keyspan.com/products/ however I doubt they are going to accomplish what you want. AFAIK the Wacom tablets work with both Macs and PC's, so if your PC doesn't have a USB port then maybe it would be better to buy a card. OTOH, anything without a USB port must be getting a little old...

Thanks Boyd, I'll check out keyspan.

I have an old Mac serial Wacom tablet that I havn't used in ages. Would like to use it with my PC, though...

Hope Keyspan will be my solution.

You can certainly purchase RS-232 and RS-422 to USB adapters. However, I have no idea what a "Mac Serial" connection is...

The older (like years and years ago .. before USB) Macs had their own serial interface for keyboards, mice and other input devices .. the plug looked a bit like an S-Video connector. If this is what is being referred to ... I don't think there's a converter for it.

You're probably right about that. This would be the serial adaptor:

http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/usa19hs/homepage.2.specs.spml

But it's probably for a PC serial port. There used to be adaptors to go from Mac to PC ports, no idea if you could still find them. "Back in the day" I used to make my own adaptors, and even had a cool little breakout box where you could jury rig them for special purposes. :-)

But honestly, I can't believe it would be worth spending any money to adapt a graphics tablet that old. Plugging it in is one thing, getting it to work with modern software is another. If you just want a graphics table and don't want to spend a lot of money, check out the Wacom Graphire series. They're a great value: http://www.wacom.com/graphire/index.cfm I used the 4x5 Graphire for years until I got a big monitor, and it wouldn't let me mouse all the way across so I gave it to a friend who still uses it.

i may suck at drawing, but it is beautiful for rotoscoping and mask painting. something that consumes my life.

Nick, I think you are referring to an "Apple Desktop Bus" port.

You can certainly still purchase ADB to USB adapters (http://www.welovemacs.com/adapters-adb-adapters.html).

I would also presume that the latest Intuos3 drivers would support your device.

time to draw: too long!
I can't imagine the time to roto waking life or scanner darkly.

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Agree, the intuos 2 is a carpal tunner miles saver package. I alternate between that and the mouse, pending on how my wrist feels. I really like the combination of using both the 4d mouse for left hand button clicks and the pen in right for manipulation.

Congrats Riley! I got my first Wacom a few months back. They are a great little tool. I don't know what I would do without mine now that I'm so used to it.

wee for wacom

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