On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 18:04 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
TCP/IP cameras would work with any OS, most just FTP or whatever the pictures to a webserver you provide, or they run their own server and you can wget the pics off them. but I've never seen any IP cameras I'd call really cheap. Panasonic makes a nice line of them, some even have remote pan/zoom via a http interface.
Try Ebay especially the Chinese, including Hong Kong, suppliers. For example compared to the English prices the Chinese prices are much cheaper. However one has to wait 2 to 3 weeks for postal delivery.
Delivery to the USA is usually quicker than to England. The Chinese preferred payment currency is USD.