Wireless surveillance camera for 350mHz G4

I am looking for a wireless surveillance camera to monitor my home using my old G4. Are there any Mac solutions out there? It seems like the good cameras are only PC compatible.

I don't see why the platform should make a difference if the camera is wireless. If you can use a USB camera, any that support the USB Video Device Class will work without special drivers on a Macintosh. The Logitech QuickCam Pro supports the USB Video Device Class specification.
Panasonic has a wireless camera with a web server built-in, so you don't need the computer at all to use it. I have the older wired model, which allows you to zoom, pan, and elevate from the web interface. Although a lot of sites list them as "for PC", it's a web based interface and has no Windows-specific features.

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