Drivers

Upgrading QuickCam software
Drivers made by Quickcam users
Processing software

Upgrading quickcam software

Clic here Logitech , whom bought Connectix, offers a help web site for eventual problems and for upgrading software .

Clic here Moreover, Logitech has put all the drivers on a quicker FTP site.

Clic here ACWSoft : numerous technical data, and all Quickcam software are to be downloaded.

Clic here WebCamWorld : all you want about Webcams.

Clic here Connectix : It's possible to download the software' upgrading on this old site ( be careful : the Connectix site isn't maintained any more, so it's better to check if a more recent release is on the Logitech site).

Drivers made by QuickCam users

Download here QuickCam VC driver for Intel 486 chip (13ko). Instructions by : the c:\windows\system\cxlpt.vxd file must be renamed in cxlpt.old, and the included file must install in the system directory.

Cliquez ici Windows Drivers for B&W, Color, Express and VC QuickCam . This driver was made by . It allows flat field and dark preprocessing, automatic compositions, and it can consider the turbulence, etc... Go and see all its possibilities !

Download here Quick DOS driver for B&W QuickCam (11ko) made by  . It allows to use old computers, such as 386 or SX 486, with a tsndard VGA display in  320x200 full screen display! The small size of the executable program explains why the interface is so basic. Your remarks are welcome...

Clic here Two very interesting Windows utility programs, made by , to convert and to display QuickCam images or other.

Download here A driver to use a B&W QuickCam as a guide camera (283 ko). Made by . Plans, original datas, and readme file are in this package.

Clic here An other driver to use a QuickCam as a guide camera , by .

Clic here CCD-Tools, an utility program , by Philippe Buttani of CCD-Bazar , you can calculate focals, pixels's dimensions, maximum time of exposure on planets, etc...

Download here AVIEdit, an utility tool to manage AVI files, (288ko) by

Processing software

Digital processing is essential to extract the better information from a CCD image.
Low cost (even free) processing software are :

Clic here Paint Shop Pro 5 (Shareware), can be found in computer magazines' CD-ROM.

Clic here Graphics Workshop (Shareware), can convert a BMP format image in a FITS format image .

Clic here Winmips 1.5c and Qmips32 1.3c , powerful CCD image processing software, these old versions are free.

Clic here Pises-Atlas-Prism 98 , Atlas and CCD image processing software, 500FF.

Clic here AstroArt , CCD image processing software, the free ware version is available.

Clic here StellaImage , CCD image processing software, trial version.

Download here MaxIm DL (2.95Mo), CCD image processing software, of Cyanogen Productions , trial version (maxi images 256x256), many interesting processing tools.

Clic here Gimp , a Photoshop-like, but free :-)

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