Originally Posted By: andym
Originally Posted By: peter
And while I'm not sure whether my first camera was designed before or after mini-USB was invented


My first digital camera had a serial port to get pictures off it. There weren't any USB ports on my computer to plug a card reader into, not that you could buy a cheap CF->USB adaptor in those days.

I actually used to use IrDA to get stuff off it instead. You just put the camera in PC mode and left it on the desk pointing at the screen which had a little IrDA port stuck underneath.

My first camera had SmartMedia cards and it was before USB card readers, so I had a 3.5 inch floppy based card reader. Insert SmartMedia card into reader, insert reader into floppy disk drive. I think I've still got it in a box somewhere.



Edited by andy (07/05/2009 14:14)
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