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From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer)
Subject: Connectix Quick-cam ?
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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.

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