[Robotgroup] HEI mystery device?

[Paul Atkinson]

And the last time I saw one of those cards was, a Florida Lottery card. You fill in the bubbles with your chosen numbers using a number 2 pencil  and the lotto machine reads it. You get to save the card in case you want the same number every week. And the card has black squares printed along the edges probably to help with registration as it's read.

Paul

----- Original Message ----
From: Paul Atkinson <pma32904 at yahoo.com>
To: Austin Robotgroup Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 1:15:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] HEI mystery device?

It looks like there are sensors (perhaps photo-transistors) all the way across the width near the roller. My guess is it is a card reader for the cards you mark with a number 2 pencil. Since the sensor closest to each outside edge has a different spacing, I'd expect the edges of the card pick up timing marks, etc. Of course they might be in the infrared spectrum.

Paul

----- Original Message ----
From: Marc Emerson <marc.emerson at fxfn.com>
To: vern at txis.com; Austin Robotgroup Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 12:09:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] HEI mystery device?

My first guess was a tape drive, but there was no head. My second guess
was a laminator, but the current draw was too low. My third guess was a
magnetic character reader, but there doesn't appear to be any sensor.

-----Original Message-----
From: robotgroup-bounces at puremagic.com
[mailto:robotgroup-bounces at puremagic.com] On Behalf Of Vern Graner
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 4:01 PM
To: Austin Robotgroup Mailing List
Subject: [Robotgroup] HEI mystery device?

Ok, if anyone can help identify this I'd appreciate it. :) I got this in
a box o' cr at p from a friend. :) Can anyone tell me what it is/does?

http://www.notepad.org/hei/

It appears to be some type of card reader?

TIA! :)

Vern

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