Subject: Re: QuickCam in NetBSD/mac68k?
To: Edward Seth Miller <esmiller@engin.umich.edu>
From: Andrew Brennan <brennan@crashprone.auhs.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/19/1997 15:41:15
On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, Edward Seth Miller wrote:
> > 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?
>
> There is a Linux driver for it, and apparently it works rather well. (My
> friend is using it as we speak...) Porting it may be less than fun,
> though...
>
The Linux driver is presumably not Linux/m68k, so I'm guessing that
your friend is using in on a PC ... and the PC QuickCam parallel,
not serial. This will probably be limited by the maximum rates of
the serial port beyond anything else.
andrew. (brennan@auhs.edu)