Connecting a drawing tablets with a serial cable

Overview

For several decades now drawing Talbots have been using USB cables to connect to computers. However, drawing tablets existed before USB was invented. In that era, drawing tablets connected to computers using serial cables or proprietary cables such as Apple Desktop Bus (ADB).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Desktop_Bus

Serial connection with Wacom professional tablets

The first Wacom Intuos tablet series (aka the “Intuos1” GD series) released in 1994 And was the first Wacom tablet that supported USB connections in addition to serial and ADB. The Wacom Intuos2 series (the XD series) was the last Wacom tablet that supported serial connection

Using a tablet with a serial connection

If you're interested in using a Wacom tablet that connects with the serial cable with a modern computer and operating system you need to understand that it is possible but will require a special setup.

Drivers

Modern Wacom drivers no longer support any serial connection. However, there is an alternative. ou can use KuuubeTD. This is special driver created by tablet expert Kuuube that allows communication with this old SD tablets that use the serial port. This is only recommended for people with deeper technical skills.

Serial ports

A modern computer is very unlikely to have a serial port. If this is the case you can purchase a serial-to-USB cable.

Serial-to-USB cables

Not all serial-to-USB cables work for this purpose. Some may work while others do not. I'm still trying to find a specific cable that will work for this scenario.