<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Dec 18, 2006, at 5:54 PM, Charles Pearce wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">The question was for an inexpensive substitute. Here's what I found with a quick check at macmall.com<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Mercury KPC-6225V 300pixel Webcam for $55. It says in the description that the platform is "universal." It's listed at the bottom of the page that results with the query "isight." </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Charles Pearce <<A href="mailto:charlesp@ksu.edu">charlesp@ksu.edu</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Charles,<BR><DIV>Since that Mercury camera connects via USB and the iSight connects via FireWire, I'm not sure you'll be happy with the Mercury. I guess it all depends on what you plan to use it for.</DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV>John</DIV></BODY></HTML>