On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:38:01AM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > I'm looking at setting up a webcam up in my boy's room so I can > monitor them from downstairs when they have friends over (4 and 6yrs old > can get rambunctious). I want to set up something small and quiet so I > don't have to run up there and disturb them but also know they're not > killing each other. > > I've got a network up there for their computers and an old laptop > that's almost dead (bad backlight atleast) but it boots. It has a > working USB port so all I need is a custom kernel and camera. The > kernel I can handle so I just need to pick a camera. > > Anyone have any recomendations for a $20 or less camera incase it gets > damaged, etc? > > This looks nice but it's got a small resolution (352x288). > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2779804548&category=4616 I use a "Labtec Webcam" for this sort of thing. It too has a small resolution but it's perfectly adequate for a visual "mayhem/no mayhem" check. The driver is from <http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net> and they also list other cheapie webcams using the same chipset (mostly Logitech IIRC). -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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