I'm new to the Tablet PC world, and apparenlty the pen that normally ships
with the M200 was lost some where between the Helpdesk at corporate and my
home office. I know I can order one from Toshiba, but is it possible to go
to an Electronic Store and purchase some sort of Pen for my tablet until the
replacement one comes in ? I just wasn't sure what he relationsip between
the Pen and the Tablet is. Do they require specific Pens to the brand/model
of tablet your using? etc.

Thanks,
Alamo

The Toshiba M200 uses what I would call a "normal" Tablet PC pen - one which
doesn't require a battery, and may be interchanged with other Tablets.

But first, a little secret: Turn your Tablet off, unplug the power adapter,
and then turn the M200 over. Open the battery compartment and remove the
battery. There is a "spare" hidden under the battery. 8-)

Personally, I prefer one of the Penabled Cross Executive Pen from Cross:
http://www.cross.com/catalog/pendeta...+Executive+Pen
It comes in two models, one of which has a cap. Wacom, the makers of the
Penabled drivers most Tablet PCs use, also has pens:
http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/accessories.cfm

And while you're at the Wacom site, make sure to download the 4.82.9a driver
(new on December 29) for your system.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Alamo" <Alamo3900@_AAAHHH NO___gm___AHail.com> wrote in message
news:OkArdem8EHA.2124@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I'm new to the Tablet PC world, and apparenlty the pen that normally ships
> with the M200 was lost some where between the Helpdesk at corporate and my
> home office. I know I can order one from Toshiba, but is it possible to
> go to an Electronic Store and purchase some sort of Pen for my tablet
> until the replacement one comes in ? I just wasn't sure what he
> relationsip between the Pen and the Tablet is. Do they require specific
> Pens to the brand/model of tablet your using? etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Alamo
>

On 1/4/05 7:05, in article #ylFi7m8EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl, "Chris H."
<winxpnews********.com> wrote:

> The Toshiba M200 uses what I would call a "normal" Tablet PC pen - one which
> doesn't require a battery, and may be interchanged with other Tablets.
>
> But first, a little secret: Turn your Tablet off, unplug the power adapter,
> and then turn the M200 over. Open the battery compartment and remove the
> battery. There is a "spare" hidden under the battery. 8-)
>
I did this but there isnt anything there. It looks like there are a couple
of clips on the side adjacent to the battery as well as stenciled image of a
pen on the base plate beneath the battery, but no pen.

You're not seeing what appears to be a little gray bar at the side closest
to your volume control button? That is a small replacement pen. If it
isn't there, I'd contact Toshiba support and tell them.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Neal Stoughton" <nmstough@uci.edu> wrote in message
news:BE000AE4.27AD8%nmstough@uci.edu...
> On 1/4/05 7:05, in article #ylFi7m8EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl, "Chris
> H."
> <winxpnews********.com> wrote:
>
>> The Toshiba M200 uses what I would call a "normal" Tablet PC pen - one
>> which
>> doesn't require a battery, and may be interchanged with other Tablets.
>>
>> But first, a little secret: Turn your Tablet off, unplug the power
>> adapter,
>> and then turn the M200 over. Open the battery compartment and remove the
>> battery. There is a "spare" hidden under the battery. 8-)
>>
> I did this but there isnt anything there. It looks like there are a
> couple
> of clips on the side adjacent to the battery as well as stenciled image of
> a
> pen on the base plate beneath the battery, but no pen.
>

I talked to a Toshiba sales guy about this yesterday, you have to order that
"Spare". Apparenlty it's not standard, or maybe CDW purchses these without
them. Either way, it's a no-go. I have the same thing Neal has which is a
slot for one. I went ahead and ordered one from them to put in there.

Does anyone have any suggestions about were to pick up a sylis in Austin Tx
? I've tried all the various Best Buys/CompUSA, Office Depot etc and no one
carrys them.

Thanks,
Alamo



"Neal Stoughton" <nmstough@uci.edu> wrote in message
news:BE000AE4.27AD8%nmstough@uci.edu...
> On 1/4/05 7:05, in article #ylFi7m8EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl, "Chris
> H."
> <winxpnews********.com> wrote:
>
>> The Toshiba M200 uses what I would call a "normal" Tablet PC pen - one
>> which
>> doesn't require a battery, and may be interchanged with other Tablets.
>>
>> But first, a little secret: Turn your Tablet off, unplug the power
>> adapter,
>> and then turn the M200 over. Open the battery compartment and remove the
>> battery. There is a "spare" hidden under the battery. 8-)
>>
> I did this but there isnt anything there. It looks like there are a
> couple
> of clips on the side adjacent to the battery as well as stenciled image of
> a
> pen on the base plate beneath the battery, but no pen.
>

8-) Interesting. Mine came with it. Never used it, because I prefer the
Cross pen, so I've really got two spares - the original in the slot and the
smaller one in the battery area.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Alamo" <Alamo3900@_AAAHHH NO___gm___AHail.com> wrote in message
news:ujDCXho8EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I talked to a Toshiba sales guy about this yesterday, you have to order
>that "Spare". Apparenlty it's not standard, or maybe CDW purchses these
>without them. Either way, it's a no-go. I have the same thing Neal has
>which is a slot for one. I went ahead and ordered one from them to put in
>there.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions about were to pick up a sylis in Austin
> Tx ? I've tried all the various Best Buys/CompUSA, Office Depot etc and
> no one carrys them.
>
> Thanks,
> Alamo
>
>
>
> "Neal Stoughton" <nmstough@uci.edu> wrote in message
> news:BE000AE4.27AD8%nmstough@uci.edu...
>> On 1/4/05 7:05, in article #ylFi7m8EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl, "Chris
>> H."
>> <winxpnews********.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The Toshiba M200 uses what I would call a "normal" Tablet PC pen - one
>>> which
>>> doesn't require a battery, and may be interchanged with other Tablets.
>>>
>>> But first, a little secret: Turn your Tablet off, unplug the power
>>> adapter,
>>> and then turn the M200 over. Open the battery compartment and remove
>>> the
>>> battery. There is a "spare" hidden under the battery. 8-)
>>>
>> I did this but there isnt anything there. It looks like there are a
>> couple
>> of clips on the side adjacent to the battery as well as stenciled image
>> of a
>> pen on the base plate beneath the battery, but no pen.
>>
>
>

On 1/4/2005 12:37:43 PM, "Chris H." wrote:
>8-) Interesting. Mine came with it. Never used it, because I prefer the
>Cross pen, so I've really got two spares - the original in the slot and the
>smaller one in the battery area.
>--
>Chris H.
>Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>Associate Expert
>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>

Same here - mine came with it, and so did all the others I know.

It's actually referenced in my owner's manual as a "standard" item. Might
have changed policy or something since I got mine.


--
John