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Spidy
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:28 am    Post subject: O2 Webcam reliability Reply with quote
The O2 Webcam runs very hot, is it safe to run these all the time while
they are connected (even though they are not in use), or is it better to
disconnect them when not in use?
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Emmanuel Florac
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:17 pm    Post subject: Re: O2 Webcam reliability Reply with quote
Le Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:28:10 +1000, Spidy a écrit :

Quote:

The O2 Webcam runs very hot, is it safe to run these all the time while
they are connected (even though they are not in use), or is it better to
disconnect them when not in use?

I've kept mine on for years with no problem so far.

--
Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate.
Guillaume d'Ockham.
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Spidy
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:51 pm    Post subject: Re: O2 Webcam reliability Reply with quote
Touch the back. Does it get hot even though it's not being used?

Emmanuel Florac wrote:
Quote:
Le Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:28:10 +1000, Spidy a écrit :


The O2 Webcam runs very hot, is it safe to run these all the time while
they are connected (even though they are not in use), or is it better to
disconnect them when not in use?


I've kept mine on for years with no problem so far.
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Emmanuel Florac
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:41 pm    Post subject: Re: O2 Webcam reliability Reply with quote
Le Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:51:44 +1000, Spidy a écrit :

Quote:

Touch the back. Does it get hot even though it's not being used?

I haven't got one anymore, but 5 remember perfectly that it was always
really hot, even when not in use. Anyway, it kept running fine from 1996
to 2002 without a glitch :)

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Le travail est la malédiction des classes qui boivent.
O. Wilde.
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igor@nospam.invalid
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:06 pm    Post subject: Re: O2 Webcam reliability Reply with quote
Emmanuel Florac <eflorac@imaginet.fr> wrote:
Quote:
Le Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:51:44 +1000, Spidy a ?crit?:


Touch the back. Does it get hot even though it's not being used?

I haven't got one anymore, but 5 remember perfectly that it was always
really hot, even when not in use. Anyway, it kept running fine from 1996
to 2002 without a glitch Smile

Indeed, it runs very hot. IndyCams do not run so hot, but are larger. I was
really surprised the first time I touched one of these O2 devices.

Cheers,
Igor.
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Spidy
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:27 pm    Post subject: Re: O2 Webcam reliability Reply with quote
O.K. Another question.

Is it safe to connect/disconnect a webcam from the O2 *while the machine
is running* ?

I have disconnected it, then reconnected and all was fine. Someone else
said they connected it after the machine had booted up (i.e. is hasn't
yet been recognised), and he said after a few seconds it was recognised
and all was well.

Is this a safe thing to do, or are we playing with fire?

Igor Sobrado wrote:

Quote:
Emmanuel Florac <eflorac@imaginet.fr> wrote:

Le Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:51:44 +1000, Spidy a ?crit?:


Touch the back. Does it get hot even though it's not being used?

I haven't got one anymore, but 5 remember perfectly that it was always
really hot, even when not in use. Anyway, it kept running fine from 1996
to 2002 without a glitch :)


Indeed, it runs very hot. IndyCams do not run so hot, but are larger. I was
really surprised the first time I touched one of these O2 devices.

Cheers,
Igor.
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Emmanuel Florac
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Posts: 109

PostPosted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:39 am    Post subject: Re: O2 Webcam reliability Reply with quote
Le Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:27:14 +1000, Spidy a écrit :

Quote:

Is this a safe thing to do, or are we playing with fire?

I've done it a few times, however it's explicitly discouraged in the
hardware documentation.

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Zak.
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Joined: 04 Jul 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:50 pm    Post subject: Re: O2 Webcam reliability Reply with quote
Pardon me for asking,
but what do you do with those webcams? Do you have some cool apps like Yahoo Messenger, or ICQ, or iChat, on IRIX?

"Spidy" <spidy1@tpg.com.au> wrote in message news:448ca68e@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
Quote:
O.K. Another question.

Is it safe to connect/disconnect a webcam from the O2 *while the machine
is running* ?

I have disconnected it, then reconnected and all was fine. Someone else
said they connected it after the machine had booted up (i.e. is hasn't
yet been recognised), and he said after a few seconds it was recognised
and all was well.

Is this a safe thing to do, or are we playing with fire?

Igor Sobrado wrote:

Emmanuel Florac <eflorac@imaginet.fr> wrote:

Le Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:51:44 +1000, Spidy a ?crit?:


Touch the back. Does it get hot even though it's not being used?

I haven't got one anymore, but 5 remember perfectly that it was always
really hot, even when not in use. Anyway, it kept running fine from 1996
to 2002 without a glitch :)


Indeed, it runs very hot. IndyCams do not run so hot, but are larger. I was
really surprised the first time I touched one of these O2 devices.

Cheers,
Igor.
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Emmanuel Florac
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Joined: 21 May 2005
Posts: 109

PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:43 pm    Post subject: Re: O2 Webcam reliability Reply with quote
Le Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:50:47 +0000, Zak. a écrit :

Quote:

Pardon me for asking,
but what do you do with those webcams? Do you have some cool apps like
Yahoo Messenger, or ICQ, or iChat, on IRIX?

Yes, you have a nice videoconferencing app, I've forgotten the name at the
moment.

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Ce qu'il y a d'enivrant dans le mauvais goût c'est le plaisir
aristocratique de déplaire.
C. Baudelaire.
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Alex
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Posts: 290

PostPosted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:11 am    Post subject: Re: O2 Webcam reliability Reply with quote
"Emmanuel Florac" <eflorac@imaginet.fr> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.07.04.20.43.07.400446@imaginet.fr...
Quote:
Le Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:50:47 +0000, Zak. a écrit :


Pardon me for asking,
but what do you do with those webcams? Do you have some cool apps like
Yahoo Messenger, or ICQ, or iChat, on IRIX?

Yes, you have a nice videoconferencing app, I've forgotten the name at the
moment.

But as far as I know, it is not compatible with anything... hum... modern
;-)

Or is it ?

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Alex
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autres jeux de role.
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