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I installed the QuickCam software on my Quadra last night, but the picture from the camera seems scrambled. There is probably something wrong with the camera, I know that my serial ports are working. Is there any way I can fix it?

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no real experience with that one, but i'd look into port speed settings and check for os and drivers compatabilities for that quadra and maybe try it on the other port and/or another mac while i waited for some good advice.

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Would your system be one of those two?

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No, it's a 660 A/V.

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No, it's a 660 A/V.

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does that mean it might be some kind of geo-port voodoo b.s.?

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does that mean it might be some kind of geo-port voodoo b.s.?

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does that mean it might be some kind of geo-port voodoo b.s.?

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geo-ports are kinda cool and kinda flakey, make sure all your software and drivers are really compatible with your 660AV. then research the differences between geo and regular serial ports to see if there is someting you need tweak to make the port work. might need to slow it down a little or sometning.

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Friday night (Friday the 21st of November 2003) I am doing a video installation at an art show. It is in an old house. The closets to this house all have a window to the hallway (to get light in there). There are three windows in all.

What I am installing is 3 video cams, at 3 different "scales." The 3 windows are pretty close to each other. One tv will be fed with a wireless camera that is homemade. It has a range of 50-100'. The second will be fed by a regular hi-8 cam with about a 10-20' composite video extension.

The third is the most exciting, because I am finally putting a mac into action! I am enlisting my Quadra 605 to do the task because of its super small form factor. The Connectix Quickcam feeds the Quadra, then the Quadra feeds the TV via the Apple Presentation System (first time I use mine. . .it is sweet!).

Is there any way to make the image coming from the quickcam bigger than 320 x 240? I was thinking I could find some screen magnifying software and magnify that part of the screen. . .any suggestions?

edit--oh yeah baby! An easy hack (not reall a hack, I guess) to get a quickcam to display full screen is to get the CloseView control panel and instal it on the mac. Put the quickcam to 320x240. Open the CloseView control panel and set up the magnifcation. There is a setting that closely matches the 320x240 of the quickcam. . .turn on magnification, and hover over the quickcam window. this is rad!!!

"Connection speeds of 115,200 and 230,400 bps are not supported by the serial ports on most older Macintosh computers. Here is a partial list of Macintosh models that do have fast serial port support:

* Macintosh Centris 660av, Macintosh Quadra 660av and Macintosh Quadra 840av models
* Macintosh Performa 6100CD series
* Power Macintosh 6100, 7100, 7200, 7300, 7500, 7600, 8100, 8500, 8600, 9500 and 9600 models
* Workgroup Server 6150, 7250, 8150, 8550, and 9150 models
To set the built-in serial ports at 115,200 or 230,400 bps, a new serial driver called SerialDMA must be installed to replace the standard Macintosh serial device driver. SerialDMA 2.0.2 is provided by Apple. It is highly recommended that the file Serial (Built-in) be installed in the Extensions folder as well on Macintosh models with PCI slots to support these high speeds (38,400 bps and above). System 7.5.3 or later includes the latest version of SerialDMA and the file Serial (Built-in)."

Maybe Serial DMA is missing, or inactive?

I have both of these, and Im pretty sure it worked well on both… but I'd reccomend going down to a thrift store and picking up a cheapo video camera with RCA out, then make sure you have Apple Video Player -- this will be MUCH better quality, and color, AND it supports full screen viewing, nativly ^_^

but If I didn't take long enough to read through twice so my tired brain can fully comprehend… Feel free to ignore me.

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… but I'd reccomend going down to a thrift store and picking up a cheapo video camera with RCA out, then make sure you have Apple Video Player -- this will be MUCH better quality, and color, AND it supports full screen viewing, nativly ^_^

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Only one problem with that, the meagre amount of VRAM Apple put in the 660AV makes using AVP with that box butt ugly in posterized 8 bit color! I tried my 660AV in the video rack with a VCR feed and ended up switching over to a 5290/630 hodgepodge just to get a decent 16 bit display. If you're doing grayscale it might work tho

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