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#Fractal Painter

    13-Jan-94 10:03:37
Sb: #75945-#Fractal Painter
Fm: David J. Marks 72172,1036
To: John Tissavary 71054,15
>>stay away from Summa, but that's my opinion. Since Steve McGuinness hasn't jumped in to defend the Summa, I guess I should. I have had good and bad experiences with many different tablets: Calcomp 2500, 9100 were excellent with Acad, but stunk with mouse and Windows drivers (they had great buttons, tho'). The Calcomp drawing board II series was terrible, as was the Kurta IS/ONE (the buttons were awful on both – and they look like toys). The early Summas were decent, but the buttons had a terrible response and needed frequent replacement. I have been using the new SummaSketch III, and find it to be a good solid product. The cursor has been greatly improved and the buttons have the best response I've come across. I believe new ADI drivers have been written that eliminate any ACAD problems and the mouse and windows drivers can't be beat. I believe they have new cordless models and pressure sensitive stylusses available, that Mike should look into before buying something else. <just my opinion – please don't beat on me!>