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Re: quickcam IR?

From: dgoncz@aol.com (DGoncz)
Date: Sun Nov 8 01:55:47 1998
Newsgroups: comp.sys.wearables

I must add that I plan to add a 2900 BTU/hr infrared illuminator to my moped. I
already have the Quick Cam and a 386 pen tablet that mounts over the
speedometer housing. The illuminator will be powered by propane from a 14 ounce
cannister. They are available at Campmor and are inexpensive. I have no idea
how much near IR will come from this rig, and how much will be reflected to the
camera, but I want to add propane in any case.

The grey scale performance of that computer sucks, though. It has 256 K of
video  RAM but only works in 16 colors. So instead of 16 greys from the camera
to the screen, you have 16 greys coming in and being turned into dithered
combinations of the 16 somewhat glaring Windows colors, which are turned back
into a crappy looking gray mess by the LCD translator. I would appreciate any
help with this.

Also the parallel port is not as fast as it could be but I don't plan on
changing that.

Yours,

Doug Goncz
Replikon Research, Fairfax County, VA

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