Running a B & W QuickCam from 386 Minix
Here are the following steps to get the QuickCam software going:
Tested and Runs on my 386 Minix 2.0.3. Depending on images you
may need to chmem the programs.
Jpeg-6b Library
- Download
jpeg-6b.tar.Z
(951,397 bytes) from this site to your Minix machine.
- Alternate location
jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz (613,261 bytes)
- Change next 2 steps appropriately
- compress -d jpeg-6b.tar.Z
- tar xvf jpeg-6b.tar
- cd jpeg-6b
- ./configure
- make install
- makewhatis /usr/local/man
- cp jpeglib.a /usr/lib/i386
- cp jpeglib.h /usr/include
- cp jconfig.h /usr/include
- cp jmorecfg.h /usr/include
QuickCam Software
- Download qcam.tar.Z (72,323 bytes)
- compress -d qcam.tar.Z
- tar xvf qcam.tar
- cd qcam
- make install
- make install-conf
Run QuickCam and Create Jpeg Image
My QuickCam looking in a mirror
Michael Temari <Michael@TemWare.Com> -- 21 April 2000