22 Sep
2018
22 Sep
'18
9:07 p.m.
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018, 9:53 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 10:34 AM, Guy Dunphy via
cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
How many cards are in the deck?
If it's not a lot, you can carefully number the cards in pencil, then run
them through a document scanner... though the OCR process might be a
challenge.
Warner
I'll be interested to hear how your saga unfolds because I'm expecting
By coincidence, today I started evaluation of a
punched/optical card
reader.
Model TM200, made by Documation Inc.
Pics here: http://everist.org/pics/TM200/
The immediately obvious problems:
* Mains input connector is one of those old round locking type. Not sure
if I have
any of these.
I have an M200 and I just had to look up in the docs (on bitsavers)
that my unit requires a Hubbel
7484 for the power cable. Yours is different but it's likely to be
some sort of Hubbel product.
* Hose from vacuum pump to pickup heel is
hardened. Needs replacement.
* Plastic elbow fitting for vacuum to pickup heel is broken in half.
Make new
one.
* Plastic mount for status display lights is
cracking around brass nut
inserts.
* Four rubber transport rollers have
de-vulcanised, melted, and flowed
gunk. Urrgh, what a mess.
Hmm... I probably need to look into mine for similar things.
* Ouch, that interface connector.
Fortunately, my M200 came with a factory add-on board that's an RS-232
interface to the upstream host.
I wonder where I'm going to find some card
stacks for testing it? If I
get that far.
An old co-worker buddy of mine gave me a box of his punchcards when he
was in school in 1970. He's really on me to read them. I don't want
to put his in first and have roller goo or something else ruin them so
I have a bit of exploration to do.
all of that and more on mine.
-ethan