<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Hello,</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">I would like to understand what it takes to be a participant in an Access Point video conference scenario. I am at a small University department with someone who is collaborating with a group who apparently would like to use Access Grid to perform video conferencing with collaborators. I have checked the access grid web site and see that I can download the software and check the "official" hardware list. My questions are;</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">1. Can I merely install the software, make sure my hardware works with it and enter the configuration information
sent by the hosting group (eg. node server address, other things)? </div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">2. The software is open source but do I have to pay something to use access grid or connect to nodes? </div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">3. Can I use the sound card/mic/video camera from a MacBook Pro even if it is not on the official hardware list?</div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">I was looking for a simple explanation of use on the access grid web site but did not find anything that answered simple </font><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">questions</font><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"> like these.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Thanks in
advance,</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Kevin</font></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div></div></body></html>