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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!uky.edu!usenet From: soward@neworder.cc.uky.edu (John Soward) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Connectix Quick-cam ? Date: 8 Nov 1996 16:02:02 GMT Organization: University of Kentucky Computing Services Lines: 15 Message-ID: <55vlhq$s2a@service3.uky.edu> References: <nDia15Q@quack.kfu.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: neworder.cc.uky.edu In article <nDia15Q@quack.kfu.com> nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) writes: > Those parallel-port cameras look like kind of a nice deal (certainly > when compared to a video capture card and a camera). Has anyone > figured out the protocol to talk to them (does the FreeBSD lp driver > even know how to do input)? It'd be nice to figure out how to make one > into a web-cam of some sort. > I can't offer any info the Connectix, but I'm using a 'wincam' as a web-cam here at UK under FreeBSD 2.1.5. Check out http://www.uky.edu/libcam for a sample, and http://www.wincam.com for more product info. -- John Soward <a href="http://neworder.cc.uky.edu/">JpS</a> Systems Programmer 'The Midnight sun will burn you up.' University of Kentucky (NeXT and MIME mail OK) -R. Smith