does any read punch cards anymore?

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, jim stephens wrote:

> I have one of the card readers currently listed on Ebay.  It is
> in perfect condition, and is equiped with RS232 interface, for
> convenient reading on a PC or whatever.

Have you gotten the serial interface to work?

> Biggest problem to deal with is age of rollers, and since these
> are taken from recent service, they should last longer than the
> originals.

I'm not sure how old my M200 is or when it was last serviced, but I found
it under a pile at Mike Quinn Electronics years ago and when I put it back
into service it worked really well.  It still does.  I just ran 30,000
cards through.  It definitely needs some maintenance now as it makes a
harsh noise when it's operating.  Will have to find time to open it up and
lubricate the bearings and what not.

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