PC-Mac camera compatibility

My boyfriend has a PC and I just got a new iBook G4...he has a webcam that works with MSN but won't work with my MSN because it is text only. What is a program that I could use to view his webcam? And then which webcam could I get later so that he would be able to see me? How can we cross the Mac-PC gulf? Please help ASAP as he is in Montana and I am in Minnesota---I haven't seen him in months!

Rebecca,
I can contact a friend ( PC ) with my iSight and ichat AV software. He has a AIM account and software running on his PC.
It works fine and the AIM account/software is for free.
Hope it works for you two!!

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