Text 54414, 57 rader
Skriven 2009-04-07 14:02:19 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 54412 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Still Degree Mark
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Charles Scaglione -> Jean Parrot wrote:
 CS> Jean Parrot -> Charles Scaglione wrote:

 CS> Good Morning Jean:

 CS>>> I forgot to ask Alan if he ever used Skype to web cam to another
 JP>> Mac. I'm
 CS>>> trying to get my Son to web cam to me and vice versa.  I
 CS> understand we
 CS>>> both can do so with Skype.

 JP>>     My working daughter is on Skype, on XPP. I was on it years ago
 CS> when it
 JP>> first came out and I had to pay a few $$$ as nobody else was on it.
 CS> Now,
 JP>> putor to putor is free. Great stuff. I might investigate it again
 CS> but we
 JP>> are
 JP>> on a "trio" with the cable company, "TV-RJ45-phone" and this is an all
 JP>> inclusive plan, no more LD fees, at least inside this province.
 CS> Video on
 JP>> Skype is included too. Great-Scott ! What next ? I am sure that you
 CS> do not
 JP>> want to see me in the morning.

 CS> I'd like to try it out.  According to other Mac users if both parties
 CS> have Skype installed it will work.  I don't know the details of how you
 CS> would call the other person but I'm sure there's a procedure or two to
 CS> follow.

 CS> As for our home phone plan, we have FIOS TV cable and hi speed internet
 CS> together.  It's billed along with our home phone line from Verizon.  No
 CS> long distance included.  We use our cell phone plan for that.

 CS> Are you still experimenting with Windows 7?  I understand there may be
 CS> another beta available in the near future.

I do have a Skype account and have it installed on my Macbook- so we could try
a test at some
pre-arranged time if you like- letting us see how each other looks!

I ordered my Dell Mini without the optional (extra cost) web cam... and the one
thing I haven't gotten working on it (in Ubuntu) is sound input- whether
through the built-in microphone, the line-in port, or even via USB... so I
can't use Skype on that otherwise handy little system.

I won an eBay auction for a replacement SSD for it; when that arrives, I may
put XP Home back onto it... and if I still can't get the mike or audio-in
working, then I'll file a warranty claim.
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- website: http://www.zisman.ca
(running on Ubuntu on a Dell Mini 9)

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