From ddelmonte at mac.com Sun Mar 12 11:23:24 2006 From: ddelmonte at mac.com (David DelMonte) Date: Sun Mar 12 11:23:39 2006 Subject: [G5] IP Cameras Message-ID: <11498A0C-075D-411B-98AD-5D54422A97F2@mac.com> Hi. does anyone have experience with a reasonably inexpensive IP camera (used for security). i have found a number of them but they usually do not have drivers for macs. David - and forgive please, the cross posts. From nickscalise at cox.net Sun Mar 12 13:34:59 2006 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Sun Mar 12 13:35:08 2006 Subject: [G5] IP Cameras In-Reply-To: <11498A0C-075D-411B-98AD-5D54422A97F2@mac.com> References: <11498A0C-075D-411B-98AD-5D54422A97F2@mac.com> Message-ID: On Mar 12, 2006, at 1:23 PM, David DelMonte wrote: > Hi. does anyone have experience with a reasonably inexpensive IP > camera (used for security). i have found a number of them but they > usually do not have drivers for macs. A recent summary from the MacManagers list: Begin forwarded message: > From: Lars Schou > > The clear winner for a platform-agnostic camera was Axis: > > > > Scott C Jensen gets extra geek points for his setup: > > One of the cool things about the [discontinued Axis 1200] cameras > is that they > have a I/O port on the back that allows the camera to monitor a on/off > condition from some other system. I used a $5 relay from Radio > Shack to link > the cameras to our alarm system, so that now when the alarm goes > off, the > cameras start FTPing their images to a server 5 times a second. > It's a quick > and easy way to get a basic record of what caused the alarm. And > the newer > 210s have built-in motion detection, but I haven't had a chance to > try it yet > > Axis has a lot of different models, some wired, some wireless and > so on. I > am not sure which one we'll go with at this point, but at least we're > settled on the brand. > > Also, a handful of respondents recommended SecuritySpy: > > http://www.securityspy.com > > which is a Mac-only app that allows simultaneous monitoring of > multiple > cameras, time lapse recording, motion detection and a bunch of > other cool > stuff that's probably overkill for this particular situation. > > It's $50-500, depending on the number of cameras. One respondent > noted that > while he liked SecuritySpy, several emails to the developer asking for > support had gone unanswered. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From gibsonm at bigpond.net.au Mon Mar 13 19:36:11 2006 From: gibsonm at bigpond.net.au (Mark Gibson) Date: Mon Mar 13 19:36:29 2006 Subject: [G5] G5 on its side - OK? Message-ID: Hi, I'm looking at rack mounting a G5 Power Mac on its side (specifically with the access panel upper most). Do you know of any issues with this (CD no longer works, cooling not optimal, etc.)? -- Regards, Mark (}-: +61 (0)4 1927 7198 Skype / AIM / iChat: gibsonm1 Most of the people I know use Macs, and it feels like we're a privileged minority, though the odd thing is that, unlike Mercedes' or BMWs, they are not significantly more expensive than the competition. Why does anybody use anything else? -Douglas Adams From lhelms at sonic.net Tue Mar 21 09:54:03 2006 From: lhelms at sonic.net (Larry Helms) Date: Tue Mar 21 09:54:11 2006 Subject: [G5] G5 on its side - OK? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: There should be no problem with laying your computer on it's side. Apple's recent (as the the blue/grey plastic enclosures) have been rack mountable. You can even find companies that build racks for that specific purpose. Google using this: G5 rack -Xserve Here's one where they rack G5's vertically http://www.marathoncomputer.com/g5rackmount.html Larr. > From: Mark Gibson > Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's G5 computers." > > Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:36:11 +1100 > To: g5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > Subject: [G5] G5 on its side - OK? > > Hi, > > I'm looking at rack mounting a G5 Power Mac on its side (specifically > with the access panel upper most). > > Do you know of any issues with this (CD no longer works, cooling not > optimal, etc.)? > -- > > Regards, > > Mark (}-: > +61 (0)4 1927 7198 > Skype / AIM / iChat: gibsonm1 > > Most of the people I know use Macs, and it feels like we're a > privileged minority, though the odd thing is that, unlike Mercedes' > or BMWs, they are not significantly more expensive than the > competition. Why does anybody use anything else? -Douglas Adams > > > _______________________________________________ > G5 mailing list > G5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >