OK, that's a half-truth. Let's start with the computer. I know it has enough CPU and RAM to trudge along tolerably quickly with Windows 95. So, Bill wins this time. There's Perl and bash scripts under development to manipulate these HTML files, make thumbnails clickable etc.
Life's too short.
Anyway, onto the camera. It's a Kodak DC215 Zoom, which I bought second hand from Computer Exchange in London. It has a 4Mb CompactFlash card in it for image storage, and so far I've been transferring pictures over with the serial link. Batteries for the camera are going to be an issue. We looked into buying a charger, but then realised that we couldn't be sure one we bought in the UK would cope with US mains voltage, so we'll buy one in Chicago.