In Search of Vector Drawing Tablet Advice

Hello All,
I have been using CS4 for a while now (mostly in my spare time) and have gotten quite into drawing cartoon versions of friends, family, etc. I have just worked from photographs in the past and have generally used Illustrator to accomplish this.
My results so far look something like this: http://crockstarlimited.com/blog/about/ (sorry those are the only examples I have online at the moment). I have been wondering about ways to improve my technique for this and thus my question is two-fold:
1. Has anyone used a drawing tablet (like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-UPTZ431W-Intuos-3-Digital-Writing/dp/B001NANLOI)? If so, do you have any recommendations about what to look for or which ones are particularly good?
2. Does anyone have any tips for this style of drawing?
i.e. Use Photoshop instead of Illustrator?
Thanks very much for any help you can provide!
Crock

Illustrator by far. You have far more control over your drawing in a vector program. Edits are easier. You can always bring into PS later to add effects. All the digital illustrators I've ever contracted with have worked in AI without exception. The master file is always vector though they may bring an image into PS for some added effects. But the top of the line illustrators can do incredible effects in AI without ever going into PS.

Similar Messages

  • Is there a Drawing Tablet that works with iPad?

    I have been looking all over for this and every search result pops up with "how to use iPad as a Drawing Tablet" which is what I don't want to know. I want to know if there is a drawing tablet that can function with iPad/iOS to provide a more accurate drawing and image editing experience. I know there are styli that work with iPad but I don't want to spend money on giant pens that look very innaccurate. I want to use the iPad as the display and the drawing tablet as the input.

    It's unlikely to happen.  Instead, buy one of these non-giant devices:  http://justgosmart.com/stylus/

  • Need Recommendation On First Drawing Tablet (PC)

    Hi,
    I am a web developer (I mostly do the 'plumbing' -- PHP, SQL, CSS) and work with art already received. I do various tasks in Illustrator and PS, such as color correction or converting a photo to a line art logo, but up until now never done much 'free hand' work. I think it's (finally) time to get a drawing tablet... as I've read some good things about less expensive units such as Wacom Bamboo. (I don't want to spend a ton of money on this until I'm sure it's something I will use productively---who knows, I may -hate- the whole concept? Or I may wonder WTF I waited all these years for.)
    To be clear, I don't need it as a 'mouse replacement'. My primary need is to learn to free hand draw line art---I mention this because lots of product videos seem to stress the 'iPad'-like functions more than the actual 'drawing'.
    A couple of questions:
    1. Are there other brands/models (under $200) I should be looking at seriously?
    2. I was more focused on the bigger Bamboo... just because all the artists I've ever seen working use big $1000 ones. But I've seen a number of articles where users/reviewers talk about being quite happy with the smaller unit for real drawing. I wonder if that's true once one is an experienced user... IOW is it easier for a noob to to 'learn' to draw well on a larger tablet?
    Thanks,
    ---JC
    PS: I am running one machine on CS4 XP and another CS5 --- Win7. Hopefully one can assume the drivers and all that stuff is sorted for all these combinations, right?

    For my money you should really only consider WACOM products. All other tablets are inferior.
    I've used everything from a 4x5 Graphire 1 to my current large Intuos 4. Never used a Bamboo though. The sweet spot for most users seems to be the 6x8/6x11/medium size. It really relates more to how you work/draw - with lager arms gestures or small finger/wrist gestures. That combined with how much screen realestate you have. I run 3 monitors and while I could get by woth a medium or 6x8 tablet, the large (roughly 12x16) suits me better.
    As for features, the Bamboo feature list seems like a great starting point for someone new to tablets. But realize it's got much less pressure sensativity as well as customization options than an Intuous tablet has.
    A tablet won't help you "learn to draw" but it will help with small, delicate adjustments and fine tuning that's simply not possible with any mouse, trackball, or trackpad.
    Drivers are all at WACOM's site.. never use any driver that comes on CD/DVD with the tablet, they are almost always old versions. Just plug in the tablet and go to wacom's site to download drivers.

  • Searching a Vector of objects

    I'm embarassed to ask this question but I haven't figured out the answer myself yet so I need help.
    I need to be able to search a Vector (it could be an Array just as easily) by only certain parts of the objects in the vector. So for example I have vector v that contains 10 objects o. Objects o are a very small custom class that each have a name and a number. How do I search the vector for the object o that contains name x?
    I tried overriding the equals method of object o and using the IndexOf method of vector v but that did not work.

    I'm embarassed to ask this question but I haven't
    figured out the answer myself yet so I need help.
    I need to be able to search a Vector (it could be an
    Array just as easily) by only certain parts of the
    objects in the vector. So for example I have vector
    v that contains 10 objects o. Objects o are a very
    small custom class that each have a name and a
    number. How do I search the vector for the object o
    that contains name x?Iterate over the Vector and ask each element whether its name is x.
    I tried overriding the equals method of object o and
    using the IndexOf method of vector v but that did not
    work.What does "did not work" mean?

  • Searching a vector

    Ok, second post. I gave up on the whole array idea and moved to vectors. I got it reading the text file and adding to the vector succesfully. Now I need to search that vector. The text file looks like this:
    9876543 9876543 Y
    0612207 0612207 N
    0123456 0123456 N
    1234567 1234567 Y
    Here's my code so far:
    import java.*;
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.io.*;
    import java.util.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
    public class EmailForms extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
         private JTextField jtfUserName;
         private JPasswordField jpfPassword;
         private JButton jbtLogin;
         private JButton jbtCancel;
         Vector LoginData = new Vector();
         public static void main (String[] args) {     
              EmailForms LoginFrame = new EmailForms();
              LoginFrame.setSize(200, 100);
              Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
              int screenWidth = screenSize.width;
              int screenHeight = screenSize.height;
              Dimension frameSize = LoginFrame.getSize();
              int x = (screenWidth - frameSize.width)/2;
              int y = (screenHeight - frameSize.height)/2;
              LoginFrame.setLocation(x, y);
              LoginFrame.pack();
              LoginFrame.setVisible(true);     
         public EmailForms () {     
              try {     
                   String UP1Line;
                   FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("UP1.txt");
                  BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fis));
                  while ((UP1Line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(UP1Line, " ");
                        while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
                          LoginData.addElement(st.nextToken());
                    br.close();
                    fis.close();
              catch (IOException ex){
                   JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Fatal Systems Error", "Email Forms: File Error 1",
                   JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                   System.exit(0);     
              catch (NullPointerException ex){
                   JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Fatal Systems Error", "Email Forms: File Error 2",
                   JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                   System.exit(0);     
              setTitle("E-Forms: Login");
              JPanel jpLoginLabels = new JPanel();
              jpLoginLabels.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 1));
              jpLoginLabels.add(new JLabel("Username:"));
              jpLoginLabels.add(new JLabel("Password:"));
              JPanel jpLoginText = new JPanel();
              jpLoginText.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 1));
              jpLoginText.add(jtfUserName = new JTextField(10));
              jpLoginText.add(jpfPassword = new JPasswordField(10));
              JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
              p1.setLayout(new BorderLayout());     
              p1.add(jpLoginLabels, BorderLayout.WEST);
              p1.add(jpLoginText, BorderLayout.CENTER);
              JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
              p2.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));     
              p2.add(jbtLogin = new JButton("Login"));
              p2.add(jbtCancel = new JButton("Cancel"));     
              getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
              getContentPane().add(p1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
              getContentPane().add(p2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
              jbtLogin.addActionListener(this);
              jbtCancel.addActionListener(this);
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
              String arg = e.getActionCommand();
              int index = find(jtfUserName.getText().trim(), new String(jpfPassword.getPassword()));
              if (arg == "Cancel") {
                   System.exit(0);
                   arg = "";
              if (arg == "Login") {
                   if (index == -1) {
                        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Username/Password Not Found", "Email Forms: Login Error",
                        JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                   else {
                        if (index == 1 ){
                             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Username and Password Found: Admin", "Email Forms: Good",
                             JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                        else {
                             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Username and Password Found: User", "Email Forms: Good",
                             JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);          
              arg = "";
         public int find(String UName, String PWord) {
              for (int i = 0; i < LoginData.size(); i++) {                                        
                   // if ((first.element.of.first.line.UName  == LoginData.elementAt(i)) && (second.element.of.first.line.PWord == LoginData(i))) {
                   //          if (third.element.of.first.line.yes or no admin == "Y") {
                   //               goto adminside;
                   //               return 1; }
                   //          else {
                   //               goto userside;
                   //               return 2;
              return -1;
    }Essentially this is a login method. The standard username and password. The kicker is the third entry in each line of the vector "Y" or "No". This entry denotes whether or not the user is an admin. If he/she is an admin, they go to an admin program else he/she is a regular user and goes to the user program. I've done some reading on searching vectors in this forum as well as others, but none have I have read have tackled this third entry. Can someone have a look and give me their opinion.
    Thanks in advance,
    Colin

    Here you go:
    1. Use a HashMap to look up credentials.
    2. Use regular expressions to check for certain values
    The code does what you need (just checked it), but you probably wouldn't save the credentials as a "String[]" array. So there's room for improvement ;)
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.io.*;
    import java.util.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
    public class EmailForms extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = -6409081110711705001L;
         private JTextField jtfUserName;
         private JPasswordField jpfPassword;
         private JButton jbtLogin;
         private JButton jbtCancel;
         private HashMap<String, String[]> users;
         public static void main (String[] args) {     
              EmailForms LoginFrame = new EmailForms();
              LoginFrame.setSize(200, 100);
              Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
              int screenWidth = screenSize.width;
              int screenHeight = screenSize.height;
              Dimension frameSize = LoginFrame.getSize();
              int x = (screenWidth - frameSize.width)/2;
              int y = (screenHeight - frameSize.height)/2;
              LoginFrame.setLocation(x, y);
              LoginFrame.pack();
              LoginFrame.setVisible(true);     
         public EmailForms () {     
              users = new HashMap<String, String[]>();
              try {     
                   String UP1Line;
                   FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("UP1.txt");
                  BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fis));
                  while ((UP1Line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                       String [] items = UP1Line.split(" ", 4);     //max. 6 tokens, separated by semicolon
                       users.put(items[0], new String[] { items[1], items[2] });
                       if (items[2].matches("[Yy]"))
                            System.err.println("y");
                       else
                            System.err.println("n");
                    br.close();
                    fis.close();
              catch (IOException ex){
                   JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Fatal Systems Error", "Email Forms: File Error 1",
                   JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                   System.exit(0);     
              catch (NullPointerException ex){
                   JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Fatal Systems Error", "Email Forms: File Error 2",
                   JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                   System.exit(0);     
              setTitle("E-Forms: Login");
              JPanel jpLoginLabels = new JPanel();
              jpLoginLabels.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 1));
              jpLoginLabels.add(new JLabel("Username:"));
              jpLoginLabels.add(new JLabel("Password:"));
              JPanel jpLoginText = new JPanel();
              jpLoginText.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 1));
              jpLoginText.add(jtfUserName = new JTextField(10));
              jpLoginText.add(jpfPassword = new JPasswordField(10));
              JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
              p1.setLayout(new BorderLayout());     
              p1.add(jpLoginLabels, BorderLayout.WEST);
              p1.add(jpLoginText, BorderLayout.CENTER);
              JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
              p2.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));     
              p2.add(jbtLogin = new JButton("Login"));
              p2.add(jbtCancel = new JButton("Cancel"));     
              getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
              getContentPane().add(p1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
              getContentPane().add(p2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
              jbtLogin.addActionListener(this);
              jbtCancel.addActionListener(this);
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
              String arg = e.getActionCommand();
              int index = find(jtfUserName.getText().trim(), new String(jpfPassword.getPassword()));
              if (arg == "Cancel") {
                   System.exit(0);
                   arg = "";
              if (arg == "Login") {
                   if (index == -1) {
                        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Username/Password Not Found", "Email Forms: Login Error",
                        JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                   else {
                        if (index == 1 ){
                             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Username and Password Found: Admin", "Email Forms: Good",
                             JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                        else {
                             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Username and Password Found: User", "Email Forms: Good",
                             JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);          
              arg = "";
         public int find(String UName, String PWord) {
              String [] creds = users.get(UName);
              if (creds!=null && creds[0].matches(PWord)) {
                   System.out.println("ok");
                   if (creds[1].matches("[Yy]"))
                        return 1;
                   else
                        return 0;
              System.err.println("not ok");
              return -1;
    }

  • Weird lines with drawing tablet?

    Hey guys! I just bought a new drawing tablet to use with Flash. It works amazing in general, but when I tap on the screen I just get these weird... lines? It works fine with my mouse.
    How do I solve this?

    Sorry, Tom! I really appreciate your help and i am not meaning to be flippant. I am using the Best Quality, 90 minutes, and i don't mess with any of the presets.
    I'm exporting to Compressor like so: When i'm in final cut i go to file > export > send to compressor.
    Sorry, i'm still a bit new to compressor! thanks!

  • Sympodium drawing tablet and Keynote?

    Hi folks,
    I've been using a drawing tablet to liven up presentations and I'm having trouble getting it to work with Keynote. In a different room, they had one (a "Sympodium" drawing tablet, which is an LCD screen that lets you draw right on the screen) and it was set up to work with the Windows machine, where it worked very well with the otherwise nasty Powerpoint. This is a fabulous thing that lets you draw right on top of slides while showing them, clearing the screen when you advance to the next slide but retaining your drawings if you go back, and simultaneously recording your entire presentations as a quicktime file.
    The only problem is, I can't get it to work with Keynote, which I prefer to powerpoint in almost every respect. Has anyone else tried this, or does anyone have any info about getting this to work?
    Thanks,
    -mk

    The features you are describing are features of the SMART Notebook software that is the underlying driver for the Sympodium. The Sympodium, incidentally, is functionally identical to the touch-sensitive SMART board, but more useful when the projection screen is larger than about 5'.
    Anyway, first make sure you have the SMART software installed on your machine. Get it from www.smarttech.com; they have a very liberal license policy (as long as your organization has at least one of their hardware products, you can use the software). You'll also have to connect the Sympodium to your computer via USB. I know that in the classroom I just built, I provided a VGA connector and an audio connector for users laptops, but no USB connector for the Sympodium; that's "permanently" wired to "my" computer. You'll need a USB A->B cable (with the square connector on one end) to hook to the port on the left-hand side of the Sympodium.
    I've not yet used the Sympodium with Keynote, but I imagine you probably have to tell Keynote to share the display for your annotations to show up. We're getting a dual-boot Mac Mini for the classroom that has the Sympodium; once that is up and running, I'll experiment with it.
    --Dave Althoff, Jr.

  • PLEASE HELP!!!! Problem with my Huion H610n drawing tablet!!!

    I recently purchased a drawing tablet which is the Huion H610N its working perfectly however when I opened photoshop cc I tried drawing in a blank canvas and Its not showing anything. I tried using the 'basic brushes' instead of my 'custom brushes' and it lets me draw and I can see it however the sensitivity is not showing when I draw using the 'basic brushes' the lines are just plain BOLD please help! I dont know why its doing this!

    Try accessing the *System Preference* panel, named *Universal Access*;
    then, note the choices within it include Mouse (among other) and click
    on the Mouse section to check and see if _+the slider control+_ to change
    the Size of the *Cursor icon* has been moved over to make it larger.
    You can check/change several settings in Universal Access; also some
    of these have keyboard shortcuts which may be engaged by a user,
    by accident due to random use of a keyboard. Be aware of this, since
    a pattern of changes when children use a computer may repeat; as
    similar keyboard mistakes (or intentional odd results) use similar keys.
    There are symbols representing keys used to engage Universal Access;
    their icons in this control panel area of System Preferences should be-
    come familiar to you, so when/if other odd visuals occur, check here.
    Notice what the 'default' settings are, in the different U.A. panel areas.
    This will help when you find another issue arise; a repeat is likely.
    You may choose to set up a different user account in the Mac then have
    it not allow full access to more than a few basic necessities, for a child.
    +PS: Hello, and welcome to Apple Support Discussion Communities!+
    Good luck & happy computing!
    +{ edited }+

  • I have the "Hanvon 5040 drawing tablet",it was working perfectly with mac till last month.As soon as i plug the USB of my tablet into my macbook pro the computer is blocked and an error apears: "you need to restart your computer..."nothing works.Any help?

    I have the "Hanvon 5040 drawing tablet",it was working perfectly with mac till last month.As soon as i plug the USB of my tablet into my macbook pro the computer is blocked and an error apears: "you need to restart your computer..."nothing works.Any help?

    Check with the manufacturer for updated drivers for your tablet.

  • Using a drawing tablet with Logic Pro, esp. for hyperdraw?

    Is anybody using a drawing tablet, such as the Wacom Graphire 4, with Logic Pro? I am particularly interested to hear whether a tablet makes inputting hyperdraw data easier.
    Thanx and cheers,
    Vincent

    Yeah, it changes everything — from selecting menu items, to turning knobs or moving sliders. You'll never go back... This is due to the fact that pointing and clicking are merged into one gesture, like playing a piano key takes care of selecting both the pitch and the velocity.
    Be sure you get a small model though, not the big one that they use with Photoshop...
    I find it indispensable whatever the kind of application I'm using, be it a text processor or an audio editor, whenever precise selection or action is required — to the point that I feel awkward when I'm forced to use a mouse.
    By the way, people who are used to using trackballs feel the same — but this isn't true for track-pads.

  • Converting an image to FrameMaker native vector drawing

    Is there a third-party utility that will covert an EPS graphic file to a FrameMaker native vector graphic? I would like to include a logo that appears on every page in my template but want to restrict the size of the empty template.

    Any such utility would be very, very, very lossy in the sense that FrameMaker's internal image model is exceptionally restricted compared to EPS which supports the entire PostScript imaging model including text (with font defintions), vector drawing, raster images, gradients, etc.
    Why not place the EPS into the template? It might actually be smaller than whatever it would (if it could) be converted to!
              - Dov

  • Perspective scaling a vector drawing

    Does anyone know how i can scale a vector drawing in perspective (from small to big, starting from the top).
    Similar to the dropping intro text you see in star wars, where the text isn't straight, but more like a triangle shape.

    AQ,
    You may select the object, then start ClickDragging one of the upper cormers of the Bounding Box towards the other one with the Free Transform Tool, then after just a tiny bit press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift while you ClickDrag further.

  • Digital drawing tablets, do they work well with Illustrator, if so what brand is best?

    I'm wanting to get a drawing tablet and would like to know if and what brand Adobe supports. I'm a graphic designer and need to break free from the mouse!! ANYONE?

    I use the Wacom Intuos 2 12x12; very, very nice in Illustrator.  A friend recommended the Wacom way back when I went digital in '95, and WOW!; I've never looked back.  I even use it in Word.  The best part is, the tablet allows you much more freedom and flexibility in your work station.  The mouse is limited by the cord and, a wireless is more flexible, but you still have to deal with the surface's texture or lack of and the mere fact of physically handling a line sequence by clicking and moving a mouse instead of using something so intuitive as a pen.
    Don't hesitate, get the tablet.  It'll boost your productivity as well.  Plus, you will avoid costly medical procedures like carpal tunnel syndrome.

  • Noticeable lag when using drawing tablet, streaming video, and simple games

    Hi, I'm using a Toshiba Satellite Laptop model A335D-S69221. There is a noticeable lag when using my drawing tablet, streaming videos (such as youtube), and games that are not  "fast" such as This War of Mine and Don't Starve. All drivers and the system is newly wiped and up to date.  When visiting web pages if there are embedded videos it causes a whole system lag until it either asks me to stop script or I close the page.  Colors and graphics look just fine.  No problem playing fully downloaded videos. The programs themselves work just fine and the lag only happens with the above mentioned activities.  Not a virus.
    Is this an issue that can be solved by increasing the RAM from 4GB to 6GB or 8GB?  Or is it an issue with the graphics card?  I suspect RAM but don't want to shell money on the wrong thing. Most of the programs say 4GB is required but it almost seems bare minimum.  Is my laptop even worth upgrading?
    Unfortunately it takes away my ability to draw and makes gaming progress annoyingly slow.  Once the lagging action is complete it works ok but just repeats. 
    Windows 7 Home Premium
    Processor: AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core RM-72 210 GHz
    ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics
    Memory: 4GB
    64-bit

    Jessica Hennings
      this is my personal opinion as a guy who had more than 5 pcs, 4 gaming laptops and other mac books for work in the past.
      I believe it is slightly an older model of Toshiba you are using, your drawing tablet relies on your Ram but not as much as it relies on your GPU which would be the graphics card processor. So none of those upgrades will give you a significant change on things you want to do. 
     I would rather suggest you a newer model for the things you do with your budget than getting rams for your computer. Both of you are processor and graphics card.
     If you want to upgrade, Ram is your cheapest option, but check out the slots, usually they have 2 slots, and 2 x 2GB on them, so if you buy a 4GB , you get 6. DDR II is kinda out of date with current programs and software, keep that in consideration aswell. 
     I do not think any upgrade you spend money on will give you the speed you want to feel.

  • Install older drawing tablet

    The last frontier! I recently purchased a used G4 and have both OS 10.4 and OS 9.2 up and running. I recently installed an older version of Painter (runs well in Classic) and would like to install equally old tablet (CalComp Drawing Slate).. All other apps are in the OS 10 platform. Any hope of this all going perfectly smoothly? Will a tablet run in Classic? Can I connect the old port model (PS/2) with a USB adapter (is there such a thing?). AND, if all else fails, is there anything (newer, better) that would work in both environments?
    Bonus Question: Amazingly, I am connected with Airport, and the router is connected to the old G3 (OS 9.2) How do I do File Sharing, to access the Old from the New? (As is transport files and apps)

    Hi,
    OS9 CalComp drivers...
    http://www.digitizer.ca/Calcomp/calcomp_drivers.htm
    But in "Classic", osx is handling all the HW, sooo...
    Can I connect the old port model (PS/2) with a USB adapter (is there such a thing?). AND, if all else fails, is there anything (newer, better) that would work in both environments?
    PS2<->USB adapters are cheap, in fact find some cheap PS2 or OSB adapters and there might be one free in the box.
    Here's 35 cent one... not sure if it's the right gender though...
    http://www.b2cshop24.com/en/usb-male-to-ps2-female-adapterconverteradaptor.html
    How do I do File Sharing, to access the Old from the New?
    Tiger makes it a bit more difficult, it dropped file transfers with AppleTalk, but...
    "Mac OS X 10.4 and later don't support Personal File Sharing (or other AFP) over Appletalk, though by initiating the connection from the opposite direction you could still achieve an IP connection from a Mac OS 8 computer to a sharing Mac OS X computer. The Network preference pane in Mac OS X 10.4 and later still offers the AppleTalk checkbox, but it is for browsing AppleTalk-advertised resources and zones. The subsequent connection must be over TCP/IP."
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106461
    See also...
    http://www.opendoor.com/shareway/ShareWayDatasheet.html

Maybe you are looking for