Subject: Re: Parallel support?
To: None <port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/19/1997 22:51:27
fair@clock.org (Erik E. Fair  , Timekeeper) writes:
> Well, aside from Ethernet interfaces and (duh) printers, what else can you
> hook to a parallel port these days? Video frame grabbers? what else?

The Connectix 480x600 color (or B/W) camera hooks up to the parallel
port.  They are around $200 street price these days.

For folks that like cool hardware hacks, there is a guy that took the
IR filter out of the camera and uses the light of a normal TV remote
control to illuminate his scene.  Check out:

	http://www.rcd-net.com/infrared/ir1.html

-wolfgang
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