A follow-up on my iBot problem in case anyone is interested. OrangeMicro says Pismos made before July 2000 are incompatible with their iBot firewire web cam. I knew my Pismo was made around this time but didn't know how to verify the manufacture date. Someone on this list suggested looking on the DVD drive. Sure enough my DVD drive say July 2000. But that didn't tell me if my firewire was compatible. I e-mailed OrangeMicro and they told me to ask Apple. I called Apple and they confirmed my manufacture date as July 15, 2000. That still didn't clear up the question, so I pushed for more information. The guy put me on hold for a while and came back with a reasonable answer. The firewire chipset was updated in the Pismo around this time but they didn't keep records of which serial numbers had which revision because it was a "silent revision". I should check Apple System Profiler and see which DVD drive I have. If it's a 6x with a serial number ending in MKE, it's likely the older firewire chipset. If the DVD is an 8x with a serial number ending in DRN it's likely the newer firewire chipset. But maybe not and the only way to really tell is try the iBot. I'm at work, so I can't check my Pismo, but if I have the newer DVD player I will give the iBot a try. Even though it wasn't a definitive answer I was pretty happy with Apple's response. OrangeMicro really should provide more help with this.
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