One of my teachers once told the class that when they received their first Winchester hard disks for the mainframe they were working on, they could not believe their (then) large storage capacity. So one of the engineers had the idea of making a script to fill the disk with characters and verify the disk's capacity, after it run (for days I believe) well the capacity was right as advertised. But then they found out that OS had to be pathed to allow them to erase the disk, and that the patch was still in development. So they had their shining new hard disk siting there, full to the top, unused for a few weeks more.
This is what i would do:
Get an inexpensive TV capture card and attach a video camera to it, configure so you can watch the live video on the computer, instead of reflective points use an infrared led+resistor+batery (have you ever point a remote control to a camera and click?).
Some already mentioned zoneminder, you can use it as a starting point and as it is open source, you can hack it to your hearts content.
Good luck!
In this particular model (well 1700n/1710n) we have had to replace about 7 from 10 we purchased, all under warranty but it is a drag.
besides you have to buy the imaging drum kit every 4 or so toner cartridges, wich adds up to the operating costs.
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One of my teachers once told the class that when they received their first Winchester hard disks for the mainframe they were working on, they could not believe their (then) large storage capacity. So one of the engineers had the idea of making a script to fill the disk with characters and verify the disk's capacity, after it run (for days I believe) well the capacity was right as advertised. But then they found out that OS had to be pathed to allow them to erase the disk, and that the patch was still in development. So they had their shining new hard disk siting there, full to the top, unused for a few weeks more.
This is what i would do: Get an inexpensive TV capture card and attach a video camera to it, configure so you can watch the live video on the computer, instead of reflective points use an infrared led+resistor+batery (have you ever point a remote control to a camera and click?). Some already mentioned zoneminder, you can use it as a starting point and as it is open source, you can hack it to your hearts content. Good luck!
In this particular model (well 1700n/1710n) we have had to replace about 7 from 10 we purchased, all under warranty but it is a drag. besides you have to buy the imaging drum kit every 4 or so toner cartridges, wich adds up to the operating costs.
It can be played both ways, you know? shot the drunk/stoned gringo
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