[cpia] Webcam II & bi-directional port

[sbertin@mindspring.com]

On 18 Mar, Peter Pregler wrote:
> 
> On 05-Feb-1999 tom@eufemio.free-online.co.uk wrote:
>> Is it a difficult job to add
>> bidirectional support?
> 
> The camera can talk a nibble-mode variant. But none has cared to implement
> that yet. It is in the todo-list for ages. I can point you to the relevant
> documentation if you want to give it a try.

Using a 2.3 kernel, any parallel port that supports TRISTATE mode can
use software emulation of ECP to talk to the camera.  This probably
covers most bidirectional ports.

Scott J. Bertin
sbertin@mindsprring.com