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Title: IBM PC Camera NIB
Post by: EverythingIBM on Wed, 14 April 2010, 00:53:01

http://cgi.ebay.ca/IBM-Video-Conferencing-PC-Camera-Network-Camera-free-sh_W0QQitemZ350162770486QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Video_Conferencing_Webcams?hash=item518753da36 (http://cgi.ebay.ca/IBM-Video-Conferencing-PC-Camera-Network-Camera-free-sh_W0QQitemZ350162770486QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Video_Conferencing_Webcams?hash=item518753da36)
(http://i16.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/30/73/95d4_12.JPG)

Don't miss out on this great offer. The IBM PC camera supports a 640x480 resolution in TRUE COLOR. That's got certain people with computer labs in their basements drooling already.

Did I mention it matches your beige computer setups? That's right! All this for how much... a hundred dollars, five hundred, ONE THOUSAND?!?? NO!!! Just for $20!!

Title: IBM PC Camera NIB
Post by: Half-Saint on Wed, 14 April 2010, 03:53:54

Is that Purple Star Achievement Award included in the sale? :D

Title: IBM PC Camera NIB
Post by: ch_123 on Wed, 14 April 2010, 07:13:53

Do you have to pay a usage bill for every minute of video it records?

Title: IBM PC Camera NIB
Post by: Mercen_505 on Wed, 14 April 2010, 08:21:01

I actually had one of those things. I picked it up for a few bucks at a closeout sale. It was absolutely horrible. The frame rate was virtually non-existent, and the picture quality was bottom tier on a good day.

With the box, it might make for a good doorstop.

Title: IBM PC Camera NIB
Post by: hyperlinked on Wed, 14 April 2010, 08:31:18

Quote from: Mercen_505;172069

With the box, it might make for a good doorstop.

I'll bet you're just trying to sandbag the auction so you can win it without the bid going up any more. ;)

Title: IBM PC Camera NIB
Post by: Mercen_505 on Wed, 14 April 2010, 09:50:49

I wish. What a piece of ****. I want my $5 back.

Title: IBM PC Camera NIB
Post by: ch_123 on Wed, 14 April 2010, 12:06:52

The camera SGI made for the Indy is pretty nice, too bad it only connects to the Indy...

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/SGI_Indycam.jpg)

Title: IBM PC Camera NIB
Post by: kishy on Wed, 14 April 2010, 12:21:27

If it's USB, it can't be vintage. Make fun of the buyer as much as you like.

Title: IBM PC Camera NIB
Post by: sethstorm on Wed, 14 April 2010, 16:36:09

Quote from: ch_123;172112

The camera SGI made for the Indy is pretty nice, too bad it only connects to the Indy...

Show Image

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/SGI_Indycam.jpg)

How good is it at low-light senstivity?  For what I do, if it(or the the later-on O2cam) can do low-light pictures well out of the box, I've got no problem with it.

Title: IBM PC Camera NIB
Post by: EverythingIBM on Wed, 14 April 2010, 23:33:54

Quote from: Mercen_505;172069

I actually had one of those things. I picked it up for a few bucks at a closeout sale. It was absolutely horrible. The frame rate was virtually non-existent, and the picture quality was bottom tier on a good day.

With the box, it might make for a good doorstop.

I might buy one or get one free some time just to try it out in windows 98.