old Mac webcams with linux on x86

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 04:18:10PM -0500, David J Patrick wrote:
> I stumbled upon a couple of old Connectix webcams for Mac, with a 
> PS2-like connector (a three headed connector, actually, with what looks 
> like a keyboard pass-through, but probably isn't) I'd like to use 'em 
> but am experiencing feasibility fuzziness. Might this be a trip to the 
> adapter store, or should I just forgedaboudit.

Those connectors are Apple Desktop Bus connectors, and yes they do have
a keyboard passthrough since that was the bus apple used for the mouse
and keyboard as well.

Your chances of getting that to work on x86 are almost 0.  I won't rule
out what some crazy electronics nut can accomplish though.

Lennart Sorensen
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