Bob Schwier on Fri, 20 Sep 2002 21:11:22 -0400 |
For what it is worth, you can get a USB bus to work on an AMD 5x86 which is only a fast 486. I know because I have and the camara, an Agfa, works fine. bs On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Paul wrote: > > > > > >http://grcam.eclipsed.net/ > > > >I don't dial out, but adding that in isn't to complicated if you're > >already using your modem for a variety of things. > > > > > > Very nice. I see you working? How do you get the browser to refresh > the page automatically? What is the model of the camera you're using? > > I want to use an old system (Pentium 100 or pre-Pentium) which, more > than likely, will not have USB ports. It might end up with a 9-pin > monochrome monitor, 33.6kbps modem, 560MB hard drive, 4x CD-ROM drive, > floppy drive, and a compatible Webcam. I would like to run a version of > Red Hat since that's what I'm familiar with. > > For my experiments I'm bidding on an old "Connectix Color Parallel > Quickcam". > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2054688904&ssPageName=ADME:B:BN:US:1 > > The ultimate goal is to take periodic shots of the waterfront of a > sailing club. The PC will need to dial out on it's own, which leads me > to another question. Are there any free ISPs out there that would work > with Linux? I would think that total connect time per month would be > pretty low. > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug > _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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