Subject: Re: QuickCam in NetBSD/mac68k?
To: Erik E. Fair <fair@clock.org>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/19/1997 11:40:12
>
> This will principally need two things:
>
> 1. a serial driver that can keep up with the data rate - the QuickCam
> externally clocks the Mac serial ports at some high rate. Opinions on what
> maximum rate NetBSD can do now?
In-bound and steady, I'd say somewhere around 38.4 kBaud. I've FTP'd stuff
from a Pentium at 38.4 w/o problem. At 57.6, I got errors.
If they are bothering to externally clock, then they are doing something
above 230 kBaud. We'd need to be in polling mode to receive at that
rate.
Take care,
Bill