cqcam-0.40  --  Color QuickCam (PC/parallel)

Author: Patrick Reynolds <patrickr@virginia.edu>

Contributors:
  See the man page for a list, and see CHANGES for what they contributed.


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Overview
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This won't work on the B/W.  I'm not even trying for B/W compatibility.  

This is primarily original code.  The xscan.C package is partially
derived from qcam's xqcam.c, and camera_t::write_ppm() is derived
from qcam's qcam-lib.c.  My thanks to the authors of that package for good
ideas and good code.


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Copying policy
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See COPYING.


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Why I did it
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qcam-0.7c didn't work with my color camera.  It did not detect my camera,
it did not attempt to dither, it didn't understand unidirectional ports,
and it had an poor interface.  Its author(s) had good ideas, but I wanted
to implement them better.  (qcam-0.9pre5 is hardly any better, which is
why I'm still writing cqcam!)

Now that my program functions, I'm working on other features not found in
qcam-0.* or even in Connectix's official software. 

Things should work this version -- be happy.  If they don't, please tell
me.  If they do work, tell me anyway.  I like to know who's using this. 
See 'BUG REPORTS' in the man page for the information that I think is
useful. 


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Contributions are always welcome, but...
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1) please send them to me for inclusion in the "official" distribution.  
   I review, reorganize, and sometimes even rewrite all submissions.

2) please agree with my COPYING policy; this needs to stay freeware!  
   (i.e., no non-disclosure code here, etc)

--Patrick Reynolds <patrickr@virginia.edu>
