One isight, two macs with ichatAV.  Why no one way video?

Hi everyone,
I'm kinda surprised this has never been discussed before, I looked pretty hard, but I could be wrong.
Here's my question, is it possible to have only one person with a webcam (iSight in this case) and still have a one way video conference? Specifically, my dad has an iMac G4 with Tiger and an iSight attached. I have a powerbook G4 with Tiger and rarely have the ability to have an iSight attached because of mobility and all. Is there a way to see my dad when I start an ichat with him without having my camera attached? Is there a work around? If not, then I gotta ask the obvious question, WHY? It seems pretty feasible. One person has a camera the other doesn't and one person would like to see the other in an ichat.
Any help or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Your dad might have to disconnect and reconnect in order to see the one-way video chat option under the Buddies menu. This happened to me the other day when I tried using iChat/iSight for the first time. I have an iSight and my parents don't. Until I tried disconnecting/reconnecting the only option in the Buddies menu was for a standard two-way video chat.
Steve

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