[Tuxpaint-devel] An idea that would make Tux Paint even better!!!

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Hello,

First of all I am an avid fan of the Tux Paint software. 

I had a recent snafu this holiday when I got an "Art 
Studio" device to connect to a VTech educational game. Click this 
link for a description:

http://www.vtechkids.com/product_page.cfm?productId=364&tvFrom=

 It turned out the device didn't plug into the "Pocket" version of the 
device that we had. I noticed that it had a plug that seemed 
compatible with a PS2 Keyboard connector for a PC though. 

HERES THE IDEA: It would be absolutely fantastic if you could come up 
with a driver that would enable a child to drive the software from 
this "VTech Art Studio" tool!!!

I am an engineer, but not a big software (esp Windows) guy, so I don't 
know how hard this would be. Hopefully there is some PS2 keyboard port 
montitoring tool that could be used, and then map the control strings 
to the appropriate menus within Tux Paint.

I imagine it may be even possible to convert the PS2 connector to USB 
with standard off-the-shelf computer components.

What do you think?

Ed Ronka