Camera Communications

[Rod Smith]

[Posted and mailed]

In article <3a8be98b.304934 at news.beta.compuserve.com>,
	bilkay0 at yahoo.com (Bill K.) writes:
> I have an Olympus camera which communicates with the software through
> a special cable connected to COM2:. The software works in WINE, but it
> won't communicate with the camera, it says my COM: settings are wrong,
> but I've tried changing settings to about every combination possible
> with no luck. Any ideas? Has anyone gotten this type of camera to work
> in WINE?

I've not tried camera software in WINE, but many (perhaps most) digital
cameras are supported by the native gPhoto (http://www.gphoto.org,
IIRC). It's still beta, but good enough for casual use, at least in my
experience with a Kodak DC-240.

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Rod Smith, rodsmith at rodsbooks.com
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Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration