Hi Mark, Thanks for your reply. Olympus do make a replacement cable but they want about $US30 for it! I think I can get one of the type that you and Gustin have mentioned for half that.
Robin On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Mark Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/1/09, Richard Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have lost the cable which connect my Olympus Stylus 710 to the usb port > on > > my computers. Does anyone know of a usb 2.0 reader/writer that works > with > > debian? > > > > Robin > > The only card readers I've seen not work under Linux are the ones > built into laptops. > > I haven't seen a USB card reader that didn't work with Linux. Any > basic reader should do the trick. > > That said, I've seen many cameras that do not have a proper filesystem > on the SD card, the only way to get the pictures is to use the USB > cable. Hopefully this is not the case. If possible, take the SD card > to the store, or to someone else's computer that has a card reader, > and make sure you can get the files off of it that way first. > > You may also want to go to a store that carries Olympus cameras and > ask if they have a replacement USB cable. It is a special cable (Type > A -> Mini 12-pin,) but it is used by a wide range of Olympus cameras. > > -Mark C. > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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