From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 11 14:01:04 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA02644 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 14:01:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA02590 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 14:00:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id WAA02495; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 22:56:47 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199512112156.WAA02495@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: Connectix QuickCam To: shovey@buffnet.net (Steve Hovey) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 22:56:46 +0100 (MET) Cc: kallio@jyu.fi, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9512111044.aa22548@buffnet1.buffnet.net> from "Steve Hovey" at Dec 11, 95 07:42:31 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > >I know QuickCAM is using one way parallel port. Somehow it can read the > >picture data and control the shutter speed of the camera. > > It uses one way or two way - and it also plugs into the keyboard as well as > the parallel port, but doesnt explain why. the keyboard connection should just provide power to the unit. Luigi ==================================================================== Luigi Rizzo Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ ====================================================================