Hi Graham, <br><br>Thanks for the offer but I bought one this afternoon: $14.68 including tax. It works a treat!<br><br>Thanks to all for the help.<br><br>Robin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Graham Monk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:graham.monk@gmail.com">graham.monk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I think I may have one of those spare, if I can find it.<br>
Will look this evening. Not sure it is the same type, but I think so.<br>
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On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Richard Carter <<a href="mailto:carter.r.a.l@gmail.com">carter.r.a.l@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Mark,<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your reply. Olympus do make a replacement cable but they want<br>
> about $US30 for it! I think I can get one of the type that you and Gustin<br>
> have mentioned for half that.<br>
><br>
> Robin<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Mark Carlson <<a href="mailto:carlsonmark@gmail.com">carlsonmark@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On 3/1/09, Richard Carter <<a href="mailto:carter.r.a.l@gmail.com">carter.r.a.l@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Hi All,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I have lost the cable which connect my Olympus Stylus 710 to the usb<br>
>> > port on<br>
>> > my computers. Does anyone know of a usb 2.0 reader/writer that works<br>
>> > with<br>
>> > debian?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Robin<br>
>><br>
>> The only card readers I've seen not work under Linux are the ones<br>
>> built into laptops.<br>
>><br>
>> I haven't seen a USB card reader that didn't work with Linux. Any<br>
>> basic reader should do the trick.<br>
>><br>
>> That said, I've seen many cameras that do not have a proper filesystem<br>
>> on the SD card, the only way to get the pictures is to use the USB<br>
>> cable. Hopefully this is not the case. If possible, take the SD card<br>
>> to the store, or to someone else's computer that has a card reader,<br>
>> and make sure you can get the files off of it that way first.<br>
>><br>
>> You may also want to go to a store that carries Olympus cameras and<br>
>> ask if they have a replacement USB cable. It is a special cable (Type<br>
>> A -> Mini 12-pin,) but it is used by a wide range of Olympus cameras.<br>
>><br>
>> -Mark C.<br>
>><br>
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