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From: Dave C <Dave on 25 Feb 2005 06:41 My Tatung Tablet PC Pen is looking the worse for wear now. Apart from Extra Buttons/Eraser end do all the Tablet PC pens work in the same way on the screen. Im thinking of purchasig a Toshiba Tablet PC pen as they are readily available but dont wont to if you can only use a propriety one. Any info gratefully received
From: Chris H. on 25 Feb 2005 09:22 Dave, I believe the Tatung uses a regular "stylus" pen, without a battery, so yes, they're the same and can switch - unless, of course, the Tablet PC uses a pen with a battery. 8-) Toshiba has a "normal" pen, but I really prefer my Cross Pen. Most Tablet PCs use the "Penabled" drivers from Wacom, which you can check out at http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/oem.cfm for the various manufacturers. -- Chris H. Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/ Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "Dave C" <Dave C(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FD6ADC90-8A2E-4044-89A7-403E361B41D6(a)microsoft.com... > My Tatung Tablet PC Pen is looking the worse for wear now. Apart from > Extra > Buttons/Eraser end do all the Tablet PC pens work in the same way on the > screen. Im thinking of purchasig a Toshiba Tablet PC pen as they are > readily > available but dont wont to if you can only use a propriety one. Any info > gratefully received
From: flibbertigibbet007 on 25 Feb 2005 13:45 Actually Chris is not entirely correct Not all pens will work with every tablet, and its not because of a battery. Some may work on a seperate Frequency (actually a really high RF signal). I'm not too sure what frequency each one works on. You can go to wacom.com and check out their nice selection of pens that work on all tablet PCs and their wacom tablets. I'm looking to get the professional looking pen when i get some money. If you are lucky and buy one from a different OEM (i suppose is the right word), it may work on your tablet pc. I do beleive they might work the same, but don't just buy one without regard that i may not work, if it's cheap enough though why not try? Deep down each pen works similar, the tablet board sends radio waves to the pen, which bombards it, then powers up the pen, the pen then sends another radio wave back to the tablet board which, in turn detects the location based on a grid. But if your screen and the pen don't match, then they wont even know each other are there. (this use of bombarding something with radio waves to gain power was actually used first by russian spys, spying on the president many years ago. heard about it on History Channel.) Check out www.wacom.com about how the things work, I may be a little wrong. But that's how i understood it to work. -James "Chris H." wrote: > Dave, I believe the Tatung uses a regular "stylus" pen, without a battery, > so yes, they're the same and can switch - unless, of course, the Tablet PC > uses a pen with a battery. 8-) Toshiba has a "normal" pen, but I really > prefer my Cross Pen. > > Most Tablet PCs use the "Penabled" drivers from Wacom, which you can check > out at http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/oem.cfm for the various manufacturers. > -- > Chris H. > Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC > Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/ > Associate Expert > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > > > "Dave C" <Dave C(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:FD6ADC90-8A2E-4044-89A7-403E361B41D6(a)microsoft.com... > > My Tatung Tablet PC Pen is looking the worse for wear now. Apart from > > Extra > > Buttons/Eraser end do all the Tablet PC pens work in the same way on the > > screen. Im thinking of purchasig a Toshiba Tablet PC pen as they are > > readily > > available but dont wont to if you can only use a propriety one. Any info > > gratefully received > > >
From: Chris H. on 25 Feb 2005 13:59 Interesting. Can you tell me which ones don't work, please? I have yet to see one that won't function properly with a different manufacturer (except the battery requirements) and would like to know which are incompatible. -- Chris H. Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/ Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "flibbertigibbet007" <flibbertigibbet007(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F2EF6F05-E814-4C6A-AA48-B6DA177928CF(a)microsoft.com... > Actually Chris is not entirely correct > Not all pens will work with every tablet, and its not because of a > battery. > Some may work on a seperate Frequency (actually a really high RF signal). > I'm not too sure what frequency each one works on. You can go to wacom.com > and check out their nice selection of pens that work on all tablet PCs and > their wacom tablets. > I'm looking to get the professional looking pen when i get some money. > If you are lucky and buy one from a different OEM (i suppose is the right > word), it may work on your tablet pc. I do beleive they might work the > same, > but don't just buy one without regard that i may not work, if it's cheap > enough though why not try? > > Deep down each pen works similar, the tablet board sends radio waves to > the > pen, which bombards it, then powers up the pen, the pen then sends another > radio wave back to the tablet board which, in turn detects the location > based > on a grid. But if your screen and the pen don't match, then they wont even > know each other are there. (this use of bombarding something with radio > waves > to gain power was actually used first by russian spys, spying on the > president many years ago. heard about it on History Channel.) > Check out www.wacom.com about how the things work, I may be a little > wrong. > But that's how i understood it to work. > > -James > > > > "Chris H." wrote: > >> Dave, I believe the Tatung uses a regular "stylus" pen, without a >> battery, >> so yes, they're the same and can switch - unless, of course, the Tablet >> PC >> uses a pen with a battery. 8-) Toshiba has a "normal" pen, but I really >> prefer my Cross Pen. >> >> Most Tablet PCs use the "Penabled" drivers from Wacom, which you can >> check >> out at http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/oem.cfm for the various >> manufacturers. >> -- >> Chris H. >> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC >> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/ >> Associate Expert >> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone >> >> >> "Dave C" <Dave C(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:FD6ADC90-8A2E-4044-89A7-403E361B41D6(a)microsoft.com... >> > My Tatung Tablet PC Pen is looking the worse for wear now. Apart from >> > Extra >> > Buttons/Eraser end do all the Tablet PC pens work in the same way on >> > the >> > screen. Im thinking of purchasig a Toshiba Tablet PC pen as they are >> > readily >> > available but dont wont to if you can only use a propriety one. Any >> > info >> > gratefully received >> >> >>
From: flibbertigibbet007 on 25 Feb 2005 14:55
Well, as far as I know my Wacom Tablet Pen does not work with my TAblet PC. But thats all I know, I wonder if there is a list of compatable and non compatable pens. You know, I could be wrong, and that all the pens for the Tablet PCs are designed the same, but I just don't know. All I do know is that the possibility is there that they may not work. I do remember hearing about someone's pen not working with the Gateway M275 (which is what I have). @ www.tabletPCbuzz.com I too would love to see a compatability chart. Maybe something we can bug wacom to produce, since the design is theirs. -James "Chris H." wrote: > Interesting. Can you tell me which ones don't work, please? I have yet to > see one that won't function properly with a different manufacturer (except > the battery requirements) and would like to know which are incompatible. > -- > Chris H. > Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC > Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/ > Associate Expert > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > > > "flibbertigibbet007" <flibbertigibbet007(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:F2EF6F05-E814-4C6A-AA48-B6DA177928CF(a)microsoft.com... > > Actually Chris is not entirely correct > > Not all pens will work with every tablet, and its not because of a > > battery. > > Some may work on a seperate Frequency (actually a really high RF signal). > > I'm not too sure what frequency each one works on. You can go to wacom.com > > and check out their nice selection of pens that work on all tablet PCs and > > their wacom tablets. > > I'm looking to get the professional looking pen when i get some money. > > If you are lucky and buy one from a different OEM (i suppose is the right > > word), it may work on your tablet pc. I do beleive they might work the > > same, > > but don't just buy one without regard that i may not work, if it's cheap > > enough though why not try? > > > > Deep down each pen works similar, the tablet board sends radio waves to > > the > > pen, which bombards it, then powers up the pen, the pen then sends another > > radio wave back to the tablet board which, in turn detects the location > > based > > on a grid. But if your screen and the pen don't match, then they wont even > > know each other are there. (this use of bombarding something with radio > > waves > > to gain power was actually used first by russian spys, spying on the > > president many years ago. heard about it on History Channel.) > > Check out www.wacom.com about how the things work, I may be a little > > wrong. > > But that's how i understood it to work. > > > > -James > > > > > > > > "Chris H." wrote: > > > >> Dave, I believe the Tatung uses a regular "stylus" pen, without a > >> battery, > >> so yes, they're the same and can switch - unless, of course, the Tablet > >> PC > >> uses a pen with a battery. 8-) Toshiba has a "normal" pen, but I really > >> prefer my Cross Pen. > >> > >> Most Tablet PCs use the "Penabled" drivers from Wacom, which you can > >> check > >> out at http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/oem.cfm for the various > >> manufacturers. > >> -- > >> Chris H. > >> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC > >> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/ > >> Associate Expert > >> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > >> > >> > >> "Dave C" <Dave C(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:FD6ADC90-8A2E-4044-89A7-403E361B41D6(a)microsoft.com... > >> > My Tatung Tablet PC Pen is looking the worse for wear now. Apart from > >> > Extra > >> > Buttons/Eraser end do all the Tablet PC pens work in the same way on > >> > the > >> > screen. Im thinking of purchasig a Toshiba Tablet PC pen as they are > >> > readily > >> > available but dont wont to if you can only use a propriety one. Any > >> > info > >> > gratefully received > >> > >> > >> > > > |