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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: yeffa on August 18, 2004, 05:03:52 PM

Title: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: yeffa on August 18, 2004, 05:03:52 PM: i own a nikon coolpix 2200 and Amiga4000.I would like to know what kind of hardware/software i need to dowbload the pictures on my Amiga?It's possible to do it?
I think the answer interest also other people.

BYE!
Title: Re: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: Dragster on August 18, 2004, 05:08:35 PM: Hi,

get an USB card for Amiga (zorro based or PCI , like the Spider from elbox if you have an elbox pci busboard) and Poseidon (usb stack)... I can download pics without problems from my Sony Cybershot on my A1200 :-)

Check Elbox website and E3B's

D.
Title: Re: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: x56h34 on August 18, 2004, 05:15:03 PM: The race is about to start, ladies and gentlemen:

Lane 1: redrumloa
Lane 2: tjaoz
Lane 3: platon42
Lane 4: mboehmer_e3b

On your mark. Get set. Bang! :-)
Title: Re: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: Morley on August 18, 2004, 05:17:31 PM: :roflmao:
Title: Re: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: Morley on August 18, 2004, 05:19:26 PM: What are the odds for this thread turning into a full war between the USB alternatives?
Title: Re: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: blobrana on August 18, 2004, 05:21:16 PM: Huh?

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why did my links (http://www.swaug.org.uk/cardreaders.html) disappear?

http://www.swaug.org.uk/nikon4300.html (http://www.swaug.org.uk/nikon4300.html)
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Title: Re: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: mboehmer_e3b on August 18, 2004, 05:52:58 PM: Quote
The race is about to start, ladies and gentlemen:

Get a life. These forums are meant for answering questions, not for trying to start FUD wars.

So. Back to the issue: on Linux USB devices (http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/index.php) website you can get a first estimation. Just search for Nikon Coolpix, and you will see that almost all Coolpix support Mass Storage Device standard. This means that on the Amiga USB stack (Poseidon) you can connect your camera and use it like a mobile harddik (you will need fat95 file system, though).
Take care as modern cameras support also PTP standard sometimes, so one may switch the camera manually to MSD standard.

If this fails (in case of Coolpix it is unlikely), get out for a 10EUR flash card reader, which will be supported in almost all cases.

Regarding USB host controller: if you have a plain Zorro system, you can use an ALGOR (PRO), if second hand available a HIGHWAY, or a Thylacine (only easily available in Australia, AFAIK). The first two cards come with a full OEM license for Poseidon (no additional costs), the last one will either be operated with the upcoming OS4 USB stack or with Poseidon (additional fee for registration).
The UltraBUS Zorro card has been announced over one year ago, but is not available up to now; moreover it is not clear which USB stack will be delivered with this card.

For PCI based systems there's the Spider (II) card, where you will need a Mediator PCI system with DMA buffer memory (aka: graphic card, like Voodoo3), the hardware dongle (aka: Spider) for the driver from Elbox and a registered Poseidon stack (additional fee for registration).

If you need some literature, check the (German) AmigaPlus magazine issue #136 (05/2003) for a comparison test of different USB solutions.

Michael
Title: Re: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: x56h34 on August 18, 2004, 05:55:41 PM: @mboehmer_e3b:

Lighten up. It was a joke. :-)
Title: Re: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: blobrana on August 18, 2004, 07:26:12 PM: @x56h34
Hum,
Now look what you`ve done!

mboehmer_e3b even forgot to mention his site (http://www.e3b.de/usb/)!
Title: Re: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: Morley on August 18, 2004, 07:56:45 PM: Quote

x56h34 wrote:
The race is about to start, ladies and gentlemen:

Lane 1: redrumloa
Lane 2: tjaoz
Lane 3: platon42
Lane 4: mboehmer_e3b

On your mark. Get set. Bang! :-)

I'm just waiting for tjaoz to show up... :nervous:
Title: Re: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: platon42 on August 18, 2004, 08:49:57 PM: Quote

Take care as modern cameras support also PTP standard sometimes, so one may switch the camera manually to MSD standard.

There is a nice program (MorphOS / 68K AmigaOS) called PTPDigiCam by Christoph Genre, that will happily read pictures from PTP cameras.
Title: Re: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: mboehmer_e3b on August 18, 2004, 09:25:39 PM: Quote
Now look what you`ve done!
mboehmer_e3b even forgot to mention his site!

I didn't dare :)
My working USB device list is not as complete as the Linux one, so I kept to the more complete one. BTW, talking of lists, Elbox has announced a "Spider USB Devices Guide" on its Spider II product page - does anybody know more about this one?

Anybody out there still not having reported his working USB devices (no matter which USB host controller being used!)?

Please take a look into the Poseidon manual and send us the reports. Thanks in advance!

Michael
Title: Re: how to use USB and digital photo camera on Amiga?
Post by: amigakit on August 18, 2004, 11:35:38 PM: I'll make a list of all the USB devices in AmigaKit.com shop that work with Poseidon so you can add to the list, Michael.