Old apple cam

[bearcatrp]

Was digging in my computer parts box and found my old Apple cam. The round tube kind. Will this work on the M1 mini? Still in its box in brand new shape. Mini is using a dell 24 inch monitor without any cams. Thanks.

 

[Chuckeee]

It sounds like an iSight camera. If so, I believed it required a FireWire interface. Finding an appropriate adapter would be challenging and probably not worth it for a 640x480 video camera

Although, if it is new, in the box, it might be valuable as a collectable

 

[bearcatrp]

Will have to look at it to see how it hooks up. Bought it on a whim when I had my 2008 Mac Pro doing video editing. Used ones on eBay are less than 50 bucks. Used it maybe 5 times then put it back in the box. Thanks for the reply.

 

[Fishrrman]

It might still work, or it might not.
In any case, it's nearly obsolete (except for having "collector value", as mentioned above).

If I was going to buy a "desktop" camera (I really don't have a need for one), I'd get something new and 4k ...

 

[chrfr]

Was digging in my computer parts box and found my old Apple cam. The round tube kind. Will this work on the M1 mini? Still in its box in brand new shape. Mini is using a dell 24 inch monitor without any cams. Thanks.

You'll need a Thunderbolt 2 to 3 adapter and the now-discontinued Thunderbolt to Firewire 800 adapter, and then a Firewire 400 to 800 adapter to even find out if that works on the new computer. The price of all these will cost about as much as a much more capable USB camera.