Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 00:40:28 09/12/98
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>>We have never supported the Tasc Smartboard. Tasc once released a >>driver for Rebel Silver which to some extend worked with Rebel7/8 and 9. >>This driver will not work with Rebel10, too out-dated. >If I might allow myself to bring back into your mind, dear Ed : >exactly this was stated, when R 9 came...... >and the Tasc Board worked nice as allways - much to my pleasure. >So, hopefully this might revolve... >seriously : >from my single sided sight I understand the decision concerning DGT - which I >don't want to comment ( the board ), but : You are just one of the lucky guys that Rebel9 works with the Smartboard. Rebel10 is a different story as the Smartboard definitely will not work. Here is the why: The "Tasc Rebel Silver" driver reads the moves from the graphical board of Rebel. So whenever the driver notice a change in the "graphics" on the board it will figure out which squares are changed and then the driver translates that to an (understandable) move for the Smartboard. This driver is going to work just fine as long as: - the board is on a fixed position of the screen; - the squares have a fixed size; In Rebel10 this is no longer the case. You can move board to any position on your screen and also the squares and pieces are re-sizeable. The 3-4 years old Tasc driver can not handle this. A new one is needed. >IF a driver - as you say - is " too - outdated ", well, your Co. is one of the >most innovative ones in the scene ; it should have been finger snippin' for you >to " re-date " this driver to fit to the platform again....if you wanted to... >excuse me . >that's " politics " on the back of all the TB users - which are YOUR customers, >- too - don't you forget that. Please note I am not responsible for 3th party software. I do not have written the Tasc driver. I do not have their source code. How can I fix it? Now Tasc has promised updates no? Please note that my hands are tied. The board is from Tasc and so is the software to make the board to work. I wish to help but I can't because your complaint is directed to the wrong company. - Ed - >ELVIS
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