Mike where did you get new rubber roller things for the card reader? Thanks for the link on the interface. Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 6/17/2015 7:21:15 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us writes:
On Wed, 17 Jun 2015, Kyle Owen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 7:14 PM, John Ball <ball.of.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> About six months ago I struck a deal with a place down in California for >> four Documation M1000's that I've been able to tell so far they all work >> but >> I really don't have space for more than one. > > > If anyone here does get one, I've got a simple Arduino UNO program that > interfaces to the parallel output and sends fully decoded information over > USB at quite high speeds. The M-1000-L is a great reader, very reliable, > and easy to work on too (I did a little routine maintenance, but mine was > in 100% working shape when I got it). > > Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N27Mr199I7g There's also Brian Knittel's USB interface for the Documation readers: http://media.ibm1130.org/sim/cardread.zip I built one, and it works well. Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/