USB Camera with old RS232 notebook

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On Mon, 24 May 2004 20:09:38 +0200, natric <natricity@free.fr> found these
unused words floating about:

>On a side, I've an old notebook (a Compaq LTE Elite 4/75C) without any
>USB port (just RS232, // and PS2 ones).
>
>On another side, I've a Nikon Coolpix 3500 which has to be connected on
>an usb port for photo transfer.
>
>Well, how to connect this camera with this notebook ? Does it exists
>some RS232/USB adapter ? An external USB card which may be connected on
>the serial port ?
>
>Is there a smart solution ? Let me know your own experience in this kind
>of case. Thanks in advance

IIRC, there's a usb 'card' for the slots - IF that machine has them!

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natric wrote:
> On a side, I've an old notebook (a Compaq LTE Elite 4/75C) without any
> USB port (just RS232, // and PS2 ones).
>
> On another side, I've a Nikon Coolpix 3500 which has to be connected
> on an usb port for photo transfer.
>
> Well, how to connect this camera with this notebook ? Does it exists
> some RS232/USB adapter ? An external USB card which may be connected
> on the serial port ?
>
> Is there a smart solution ? Let me know your own experience in this
> kind of case. Thanks in advance

I recommend that you forget about the USB connection - Instead get a PCMCIA
Compact flash card reader. The cost is minimal, and it will be faster and
more reliable than the USB connection.

NikonImage will still recognize the flash card reader as an imaging device,
and manage the transfer of the images for you.
--

Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
www.geigy.2y.net

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Thanks a lot for your clever suggestions. I'll take a look on stores for
a pcmcia cf card reader