does any read punch cards anymore?

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On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:

>  Maybe one of those industrial steam irons used at the
> commercial laundries. I was thinking that you were
> dealing with them one at a time. For bulk, you might look
> into how the banks iron bills. They have some method
> that means they have some kind of machine to handle
> the problem. These machine must be making it to scrap
> dealers.

It's not that big a problem.  It's only if they are severely deformed (say
more than a 10 degree arc).  I just grab a stack and whack them back into
shape, then start the reader running while I reform another stack and keep
feeding the reader.  It doesn't happen with every deck, and I've gotten
good at finessing the reader to get through most of the cards without a
problem :)

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