Hi Graham,

Thanks for the offer but I bought one this afternoon: $14.68 including tax.
It works a treat!

Thanks  to all for the help.

Robin

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Graham Monk <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think I may have one of those spare, if I can find it.
> Will look this evening. Not sure it is the same type, but I think so.
>
> graham
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Richard Carter <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > 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.
> >>
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