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Looking for magnetic-backed cardstock
Message #1 Posted by Andy on 26 Aug 2003, 3:21 p.m.

The 9100, 9810, 9820, 67, 97, 41, 71, and 75 all use magnetic cards made of seemingly identical material...a kind of flexible plastic with a magnetic coating on one side.

It seems like there must be a source for this type of media (maybe in sheets or rolls). If so, one could simply cut their own cards to fit their machine.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Andy

      
Re: Looking for magnetic-backed cardstock
Message #2 Posted by Victor Koechli on 26 Aug 2003, 4:41 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Andy

The 71 and 75, with their hand-pulled card readers, use cards that are pre-recorded with a timing track so the card reader knowns at what speed the card is being pulled. Without this information, a card will not be usable on these machines.

The cards of the 65, 67, and 41, on the other hand, are simply blank. Don't know about other machines.

Just my 2 cents, Victor

            
Re: Looking for magnetic-backed cardstock
Message #3 Posted by Tony Duell (UK) on 26 Aug 2003, 5:25 p.m.,
in response to message #2 by Victor Koechli

THe 9100 and 9810 (and presumably the 9820, since the reader and interface are the same as for the 9810) use cards which are not 'pre-formatted'. There is no factory-written clock (timing) track for these machines.

      
Re: Looking for magnetic-backed cardstock
Message #4 Posted by andy on 26 Aug 2003, 5:40 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Andy

I happened to have an old 8" floppy lying on my desk at work (don't ask why).

I think its big enough to cut 2 6x2" cards out of. I'll give it a try and report back.

            
Re: Looking for magnetic-backed cardstock
Message #5 Posted by David Smith on 27 Aug 2003, 5:01 p.m.,
in response to message #4 by andy

The floppy material is too thin for reliable feeding... been there, tried that. Back to gluing things onto thicker stock... by the way, the floppy envelope material may make a good cardstock.

                  
Re: Looking for magnetic-backed cardstock
Message #6 Posted by andy on 28 Aug 2003, 10:05 a.m.,
in response to message #5 by David Smith

Do you mean the paper/fiber envelope or the plastic cover that you have to cut open to remove the disc?

Andy

                        
Re: Looking for magnetic-backed cardstock
Message #7 Posted by David Smith on 28 Aug 2003, 2:20 p.m.,
in response to message #6 by andy

I mean the plastic housing of the magnetic floppy disk. This material seems to be close to the right thickness and flexibility of a magnetic card.


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