[cpia] MicroTek EyeStar

[Edd Dumbill]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 01:06:55PM -0800, Lucien Murray-Pitts wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the reply, that's a start in the right direction then.  I wish
> manufacturers were more "open" about historic products :-/
> 
> Sooooo one would assume that there _IS_ support under Linux for the PPT
> Microtek Eyestar as it should just be another cpia-alike?  I know the
> eyestar 2 is a cpia.

I failed to make the parallel version of this camera work under Linux,
not for want of trying either.  I went out and bought a cheap Zoom USB
cam instead (about 50 UKP), which definitely works with cpia.


> Lucien
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Pregler [mailto:Peter_Pregler@email.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 11:47 AM
> To: Lucien Murray-Pitts
> Cc: cpia@risc.uni-linz.ac.at
> Subject: Re: [cpia] MicroTek EyeStar
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 02:50:01PM -0800, Lucien Murray-Pitts wrote:
> > I am assuming that the Microtek eyestar USB camera is just a USB ->
> Parallel
> > chip and the old PPT camera stuffed on top?  Does anyone know of support
> for
> > the Parallel port version under Linux?
> 
> AFAIK the CPiA chip was/is available in two versions, parport and USB.
> There is no extra ppt/usb-chip.
> 
> -Peter