Apple LWPro parallel port? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

1 Apr 2001

From: M.Buckett &lt;M.Buckett(a)dcs.hull.ac.uk&gt;

...
 > >>For a while I had a parallel port webcam
running of a 386sx20 with 4MB> >>of RAM and it ran Windows 95.  While it
was slow it did get the
job
...
 > >
> >The catch with using w95 regardless of speed, it that for many cases its
...
   the only game in town if you want network services, ie
winsocket etc. 

 Huh?  What about linux, freebsd, and friends.? 
Drivers for the webcam (Creative Webcam 1) only really existed for Windows 95.
...
 A linux driver is about on the net but it looks pretty
beta. 

Understood.  Though the W95 version sounds beta too.  That the biggest
problem with W9x systems, apps and drivers (other than the base ones
supplied) are often pretty poor.  Under Win/NT4 I've had my pain with
tape and video drivers plus the usual apps that leak memory.

Allison