P166 and USB

[bmpbmp1975]

I just picked up a P166 for 50$ canadian, with Win 98 on it, the thing is I aint sure if it has usb, I need usb in order to use my webcam, if there aint no usb is there a convertor or adapter that I can use to convert my usb webcam to serial or parralel

 

[edemiere]

You can buy PCI card with USB ports on it if that system doesn't have USB on board already.

Cheers!

 

[jrbarnett]

Hi,
I would check the requirements for the webcam before buying - I'm not sure if a P166 is fast enough to run streaming video without dropping lots of frames.
My Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 needs a minimum 300MHz box with the MMX instruction set and 64Mb RAM to run.

John

 

[dakota81]

A P166 is not likely going to cut it for a webcam. I had to toss a temporary board into a machine once, an AMD k6-2 450, and that board struggled to handle a simple usb mouse.