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[woggie]

I don't draw very well with a mouse. There's more fingers involved, for one thing, and a mouse ends up being very restrictive. I have a Wacom pad, but it's a 9-pin serial Wacom pad, and it's missing the power plug it came with. I swear the cord it came with is one of these I have around, but none of their outputs match what the Wacom pad says on

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[clemtaur]

Every time that I've given technical advice remotely it has ended badly.*
The 12DC adapter should work, as the 750mA is the Maximum Current draw rate and is well above the 100mA that the tablet wants. But BEFORE you plug it in you NEED to figure out the polarity of the plug. If it is wrong you risk destroying the Tablet. So if you are not sure, Don't proceed. Watcom tablets have gotten More Valuable since they first came out. ($*4) Give me a call at the Metaphorest and we'll arrange to meet..

*"Looks bad Houston.."
"Say again Vandenberg?"
"Bad, as in: Broken, Awful, Dropping.."

Wacom GD-0608

[anonymous]

Hi Jamz. I am bidding on a Wacom GD-0608 on e-bay right now, and later I see it has not pen or power supply, so don't know what I'm in for. Is it pressure sensitive? Does it handle 'angels' like the new models?
To answer you question, the .1 Amp rating means how much the unit uses in terms of current. Current is the number of electrons passing per second. You can (and should) use a supply with a higher rating than .1 Amp. The unit will just not use it all. Its own internal resistance limits the amperage to .1.
Now Voltage is another story! This is the difference between what is applied and ground (0 volts) and if you over-do it, the circuit may fail. So feel free to use any supply with at least .1 amp and no more than 12 Volts.
Im at rsnyderdba@hotmail.com

Re: Wacom GD-0608

[woggie]

If it's actually Wacom, it's pressure sensitive, not to mention angle sensitive.

UD-0608-R

[ckina]

Hi...I just picked up a UD-0608-R today at a thrift shop, and was looking around for a PDF of the manual, and a pen (if required). Spent ~1hr at the Wacom website for it to no avail.

I don't have a power supply for it, but doesn't seem problematic. There's a little graphic on the top of the serial connector that seems to indicate that the center contact is negative and the outer contact is positive. The sticker on the back of the tablet states that it needs from 9-12V DC at 0.1amp. So any PSU in that voltage range that can deliver at least 0.1amps should work. I cruise thrift shops, and this item should cost (at least where I live) from $.25 to $1.00.

Anyway, if you stumble across a manual and/or info on the pen, lemme know?

Best regards...

Re: UD-0608-R

[woggie]

I bought my tablet new, so while I once had the manual, I don't now.

The manual can be found here, in pdf format. It appears to be the correct manual, from what I remember.

As it happens, I found the original plug for the tablet and it still works fine.

Wacom has apparently decided no-one is using these tablets anymore, so you can't find much info there. The windows drivers, maybe, but hardly anything else.

Let me know if there's any other information you need.

Re: UD-0608-R

[banjo45]

HI I WAS TRYING TO GET THE MANUAL FOR THE UD-0608-R !
BUT WHEN I CLICK ON HERE I GET A CANNOT FIND PAGE.
WITH BOTH GOOGLE CHROME AND IE !
I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP !
JUST BECAME DISABLED AND SOMEONE GAVE ME THIS DEVICE TO
HELP OUT

THANKS

Re: Re: UD-0608-R

[ckina]

Thanks! The manual is very interesting. I'm trying to backtrack at the shop to find the pen, but in case the search proves fruitless, might you have a part number for the pen?

Re: UD-0608-R

[woggie]

This here is the item. The dark gray bit on the side is the two-button (one at each end of the gray bit) programmable thingie (sorry to use such technical language on you), the gray bit at the top end is the eraser, and the end opposite but invisible in this shot is the drawing nib (replaceable).

It doesn't use batteries, so no worries there, but that was what came with my tablet when it arrived. I hope this helps.

[anonymous]

I picked up a UD-0608-R for free and it doesn't have the ac adapter. You said you found the original adapter for yours, is it a 9v or 12v? Thanks.

[woggie]

It says 9 - 12 V on the back of the Wacom pad and I'm not an electrician, but I think I remember my electrician friend saying if you give it 12 volts, the entire range is covered.

But here's the kicker...the .1 amps is very important, and it's reverse polarity. That electrician friend of mine accomplished this by splicing the wires together in reverse. You could try that, but I don't know if it would work.