Webcam revisited

Glenn Crocker glenn at netmud.com
Tue Feb 6 17:59:31 CST 2001


Axis (http://www.axis.com/) makes a line of very cool cameras, based on thin
embedded Linux:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/things/36a0.html

I love the idea of a tripod-mountable camera with an ethernet port on the
back.  Mmmmmm, tasty.

-glenn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bradley Miller [mailto:bradmiller at dslonramp.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 11:23 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Webcam revisited
>
>
> At 10:50 AM 2/6/01 -0600, you wrote:
> > We are techies. We can't help it.
>
> Speaking of which, I need to find a solid way to have a Linux based system
> capture photos and FTP to a server every xx minutes.  I would like
> something that was so "easy" to use that when it boots up, it would
> automatically dial-up and connect and start sending photos.  Likewise if
> there was a problem, I should be able to telnet to it or dial into it to
> see what was up.   This sounds like a Linux solution to me -- but the
> timing is the big thing.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
> because if I can't roll it out within a week, I'll have to do a Windoze
> solution.   (Stable -- ya' right . . . )
>
> -- Bradley Miller




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