Bad batch of cards, or reader/writer issue?

[Dave Britten]

(08-05-2021 03:07 PM)BillBee Wrote:  Hi Dave,

I have had to alcohol wipe cards when I had that issue (they were of unknown age). A 41 would write and xeq vers indicated all was well. Next day I swapped the reader to transfer the program to a different 41 and "error". Alcohol wiped the card, rewrote the program and it worked. Oxidation of the tape surface?

Assuming the 41 reader was good, its just odd that both units would fail. Just thinking.

-Bill

Hmm, that's a good idea. Maybe I'll try wiping some of them down. I doubt that will resurrect the data that's on them now, but maybe it's enough to rejuvenate them for reuse.

Now that I'm faced with having to rekey several programs, maybe I'll take the opportunity to convert them to my 'evil' TI-59 and use up some of those blanks too.