On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:21:26 -0500, McKown, John wrote:
>
>>For the truly strange hardware hackers among us.
>>
>>Hardware:
>>http://codeincluded.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/punch-card-reader-hardware.html
>>
>>software:
>>http://codeincluded.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/punchcard-reader-software.html
>>
> Ummm...  USB interface.  For Herc on Raspberry Pi?  Driver?  What code
> page?  For that matter, what was the code page for IBM card readers?
> I doubt that it was selectable.
>
> Almost as easy to put 3 at a time on a scanner with black construction paper
> backing.
>
> -- gil
How about feeding them through a copier / scanner?  Just hope the
short pages will travel normally.  Might need to darken the backing
behind the punch cards.

-- 
Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA
Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all?

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