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To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: EggCam (fwd) 
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From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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Yeap, it is getting harder to justify by a QuickCam 8)
Last cheap price for Wincast Hauppauge TV/PCI was $89
at Fry's Electronics so if you a camera and a decent
PCI motherboard you are all set 8)

At any rate, with specials such as from Hauppauge which will
sell a CCD camera for $99 the price is cheaper than a 
color QuickCam.

	Cheers,
	Amancio


>From The Desk Of Doug White :
> This came through on the QuickCam drivers list.  The EggCam is a cheap
> alternative to the QuickCam.  It looks like it comes with a Intel
> SVR3-style card on board.  
> 
> In case anyone wanted to shoot one of these down. :) 
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 21:30:11 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Stew Benedict <benedict@netcom.com>
> To: quickcam-drivers@crynwr.com
> Subject: Re: EggCam
> 
> 
> Not Quickcam again but good news on the Eggcam front.  I bought a real
> Miro PCTV card and the bttv module, grab and xtvscreen work fine with
> the Eggcam.  I'm not sure what's different from the one that comes
> with the Eggcam, they look like identical boards, just parts missing
> such as the tuner and the audio on the Eggcam version.  Also the part
> number is different.  They both have bt848 chips, identical part
> numbers, different date codes.  The only other clue is the bttv module
> identifies the Eggcam version as Happauge (sp?) and the other as Miro.
> Anyway, you CAN buy the Eggcam without the card, and then but the
> Miro card, mine was $99 from PCConnection.
> 
> Stew
> 
> ~~ Stew Benedict  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    AYS Enterprises ~~
> benedict@netcom.com        http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/8608
> ~~~~~~      "It's not just shy sluggin' gorms neemer!"          ~~~~~~
> 
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