Bob Schwier on Fri, 20 Sep 2002 21:11:22 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] PC Camera


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.
> 
> 
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