My friend has a P133mhz comp and needs a webcam

[Charley]

Can anyone suggest webcams that are compatible with P133mz, 64mb ram, Win98 SE? The system is very old. They should be cheap.

Any recommendations?

 

[MangyaSal]

U see Go with Logitech any USB MODEL, if U DONT HAVE USB PORT AT BACK THEN INSTALL USB PORT CARD if it is with USB .2 then Gr8 . VIP NOTE: Update UR WIN 98 SE upto the last patches. & MAY IT WILL GO FINE IF U HAVE SOME MORE RAM 128 Or 256 mb other wise cam will displays very Slow. NJOY

 

[Charley]

But I require EDO ram, from where do i source that?

Is there a diff between USB 2 and the prev ones? Is it the latest one? Wht r they?

 

[d]

USB 2.0 has higher transfer rates than the previous versions i.e USB 1.1. in this case shouldnt really matter bcuz (i) most USB cards sold today are USB 2.0, and (ii) your application i.e the webcam doesnt need the bandwidth that is offered by USB 2.0. the difference between the versions of USB can be seen only when using USB mass storage devices like my apple ipod or memory sticks or usb cd writers/rom drives etc.

btw ask ur frend to get more RAM. i don't think he'll be able to see much except still pictures from the webcam with this kind of configuration.

better still, ask ur friend to junk that system. it might have antique value <no offense>

 

[Charley]

he doesnt wanna get rid of it , he has a laptop but he wants to use this one. Is it possible to source more EDO rams from anywhere.

 

[d]

mmm.....i don't see him being able to get new EDO RAM....maybe he could look for old pentium computers that use this kinda ram and source parts from there.... i honestly don't see any other solution....hell, getting SDRAM these days is tough!