Re: HP-67/97 Mag Cards...Can they be marketed again? Message #12 Posted by Dale Reed on 14 May 2012, 10:22 p.m., in response to message #2 by Garth Wilson
Save your old bus passes! The ones they use here in Cleveland have a mag strip that's about 1/2" (12.7mm) wide and about 3" long. It wouldn't be too hard to test one. Hold an HP mag strip on top of it and cut around it with an X-Acto knife. Or trace around it on the other (paper) side with pencil and cut out with scissors.
The usual bus pass is made with sort-of-thick-but-not-thick-enough paper. But when there's a special event in town (say, opening day for one of the major league teams), they'll do special bus pass cards on heavier or plastic stock that is much more durable (as a souvenir).
It would be too cool if you could go to a shop that makes letter stencils and get a punch made in the exact shape of an HP card. Get your bus passes and a rubber mallet and go into production!
Dale
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