Post #2511427

2026-05-11 19:14 UTC

Bit of a long shot but I’m looking (again!) for a Mac OS9 driver for the FW iSight webcam. It was not supported until OSX by Apple. But IOXperts did a beta driver that I&#39;m guessing does support it (I think!). Unfortunately archive.org does not archive FTP and that&#39;s the only links I can find. I&#39;ve been through all the other drivers and it&#39;s just “iSight1.1b26.sit” that I cannot find. I&#39;ve just spent an hour trawling through Hotline servers with no luck! https://web.archive.org/web/20080623093642/http://lists.ioxperts.com/pipermail/video-beta-discuss/2003-October/000015.html

Replies (8)

@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net 2026-05-11 19:27

@fergycool@mastodon.social https://web.archive.org/web/20150107223825/http://www.ioxperts.com/downloads/DCam/Release/MacOS/FWWebCamDriver.sit i suspect this is just a generic webcam driver, but it might be worth a try - it might have isight compatibility baked in

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@Eggfreckles@mastodon.mit.edu 2026-05-11 21:25

@fergycool@mastodon.social I had one of these back in the day and it supported FireWire and Mac OS 9. (Sorry I don't have the driver CD.) https://a.co/d/089fg3ZE

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@sethmarinello@mastodon.online 2026-05-11 21:26

@fergycool@mastodon.social maybe you can contact the original source? https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevesisak/

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@VW_Guy@mastodon.social 2026-05-11 22:02

@fergycool@mastodon.social I believe I have an original driver in my OS9 stuff, I'll look when I get home Friday afternoon.

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@steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co 2026-05-11 23:22

@fergycool@mastodon.social I wrote drivers for Mac OS8. I think OS9 had a similar driver setup, but I don't have an environment to build that code, or I might offer to write it for you. Perhaps someone here can find it. Good luck!

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@misty@digipres.club 2026-05-12 00:21

@fergycool@mastodon.social I don't have an answer, but I *am* surprised to find out their mailing list is still up even after the rest of their web presence went down! Wonder who's keeping that up.

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@KevinMarks@xoxo.zone 2026-05-12 00:38

@fergycool@mastodon.social what Mac are you running it on? From what I recall (I was working on QuickTime Video capture at the time) the FireWire DMA was tricky to get right and the autofocus noise supression would leave sync gaps in the audio.

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@colinstu@birdbutt.com 2026-05-12 15:41

@fergycool@mastodon.social @DosFox@tech.lgbt What about this? I was able to download that .sit https://web.archive.org/web/20041009212149/http://www.ioexperts.com/dcam_os89.html https://web.archive.org/web/20041009212149/http://www.ioxperts.com/downloads/DCam/Release/MacOS/FWWebCamDriver.sit Edit: dang, maybe not, oh well >v< https://mastodon.social/@fergycool/116557596750500736

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