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Re: wireless quickcam



KEWL! I would love to try that!  How aboutadding it to a R/C car, and 
controlling it from work?!?  :)


On Tue, 23 Jan 1996, Brett Hays wrote:

> 
> I had a random idea that I am almost certain wouldn't work, but it would 
> be extremely cool if it would.  I have seen those mitsumi wireless 
> printing systems for around $100.  I suppose they basically extend a 
> parallel port wirelessly and my understanding is that they do not use any 
> special drivers or anything but just retransmit and boost the parallel 
> port signal.  I know the quickcam is extremely sensitive to cable length, 
> but I do not know if the problem is signal loss or some type of impedence 
> thing.  At any rate, has anyone tried this or know for sure that it 
> wouldn't work. A wireless cam for around $200 would be way cool
> 
> Brett
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Rack it up to business is good.  I'm pushing Linux on the masses here in
> > the Big O, and haven't really had time the past couple of weeks..
> > 
> > It looks like I've got several more web servers, firewalls, and other
> > stuff to produce in the next couple of weeks, so my time is very limited
> > right now..  (We have blown NT based servers into the weeds.. :-)  And
> > now, with ApacheSSL out, it's going to really pick up..
> > 
> > We can also use somebody to write up everything done to date, and create
> > either a FAQ or an HTML "Programmers Guide to the QuickCam Camera" guide.
> > (ie, transfer modes, commands, and other misc stuff)
> > 
> > Back to my firewall building..
> > 
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> 
> 

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