does any read punch cards anymore?

[jim stephens]

selam,
I just got it and have not powered it on. I do have the manual for it, and 
for
the underlying m1000, so hopefully this will go better than my m200 did.

it melted the rollers due to age.

still need replacement rollers and service on that one.
jim

On 8/26/05, Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.


watch for the smog melting of the rollers too. 

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