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I’ve used an unmodified iSight camera since working from home, it’s fine, no one needs more pixels of my face on calls. Its FireWire 400 cable is connected to
by extra88 6y ago
I’ve used an unmodified iSight camera since working from home, it’s fine, no one needs more pixels of my face on calls.
Its FireWire 400 cable is connected to a powered drive enclosure to convert it to FireWire 800. That cable is connected to a Thunderbolt 2 adapter which is connected to a Thunderbolt 3 adapter. I already had all these parts; if I had a FireWire 400 to 800 cable, I wouldn’t need the powered enclosure, the iSight cable is detachable.
- schrijver 6y agoI like your approach much better, the linked article just seems wasteful. I really appreciate finding new uses for old electronics, it can be a fun challenge, a unique aesthetic & it benefits the environment over buying new. But here he destroys what’s basically a functioning webcam to put another webcam in there (which I assume he bought new). He could at least have usen a broken iSight.
- leemailll 6y agoyour cable connections are a reflection of Apple's footprint on peripheral ports. Are you doing this on purpose?
- extra88 6y agoMy only purpose was to get a webcam above my monitor and I had all these parts. I don’t know what part Apple played with Intel in the design of FireWire and Thunderbolt. I’m glad that over ~20 years of marked improvement, it’s still possible to connect and use this hardware. I think I still have a 3com USB webcam somewhere that’s even older but after only a few years, it wouldn’t work with anything I had.
- hinkley 6y agoHaven’t tried this, but there are supposedly driverless usb 2 to FireWire 400 adapters. I figure we are likely to have USB 2 ports on hubs and monitors for some time. https://www.amazon.com/Electop-Male-FireWire-Female-Adapter/dp/B0144G3Z20/ref=psdc_3015396011_t3_B07QY7K61S https://www.amazon.com/Electop-Male-FireWire-Female-Adapter/...