Skype "phone" ...

[Stephen Bartlett]

Thus spake Marc G. Fournier on Wed, May 17, 2006 at 01:38:39AM -0300:
> 
> Just curious, but what are ppl running on their FreeBSD boxes as far as a 
> phone is concerned?  I don't even have a webcam hooked up to my FreeBSD 
> box yet, let alone a microphone ... I see reference to a 'USB Phone' on 
> Skype's site ... something like that available that works well under 
> FreeBSD?  Or something else that is better?

I elected not to fool around with anything so 'complex' as a USB device -- I went with just a headset that uses the mini microphone and speaker jacks: I chose the "Sennheiser PC110 Single Sided Headset with Microphone"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000C109O/102-8978497-4975324?v=glance&n=172282

...and it works great.  $11 on eBay, new.

- Stephen

-- 
Stephen Bartlett
President, Bartlett Software, Inc.
http://www.bartlettsoftware.biz/
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