Upgrading the Bandwidth on a ViaTV Video Phone? 4
trzeciak asks: "I have an old 8x8 ViaTV VC105II video phone at home, which I used in the past. I think it has a built-in 33k bps modem. Times are different and DSL, Cable and other broadband options are available. Can the ViaTV be adapted to those new options? The simplest idea is to plug it into a PC just as a camera, but the phone's hardware is driven with a plugged-in phone, so it's not so easy. Another idea would be to replace the modem with an Ethernet card and assign IP address to the phone to use it on the network as a standalone device. Any other ideas?"
a few questions.. (Score:1)
if so, have you attempted to stick in a NIC?
if so, what has happened?
URL? (Score:1)
Re:URL? (Score:1)
Possible? (Score:1)
This might not work, though, since it stands to reason that this guy was never made with megabit speeds in mind so it's serial port could probably only send the data at the regualr 1152k (about 10 kbps) serial rate. Plus there is the the high likley hood that it is optimized for a 33.6 connection, so even if you could wire it to a fater line, it might not even use the extra headroom.
Best of luck to you though -- if it works. be sure wit write up a HOWTO