Seeking (apparently) pristine card reader advice
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 7:26 pm
Hello all,
I've just bought an HP-41C and its HP82104A card reader, they really are in *pristine* condition, and from what I can see, the card reader itself has hardly been used, if ever!
I connected the reader, and a press on "Catalog 2" lists the functions, so it seems to be recognized. I haven't inserted any card at this point.
I've read about the "gooey roller syndrome" supposed to affect all readers after all those years, and I was wondering whether I should "preventively" open it and check this at first, in case the sole fact that reading or writing a card might worsen things at "repair time", or if I just could go on with a read or write test, to see if it works, in hope it has "miraculously" escaped the syndrome.
What do you think? Thanks for any advice!
Bruno
I've just bought an HP-41C and its HP82104A card reader, they really are in *pristine* condition, and from what I can see, the card reader itself has hardly been used, if ever!
I connected the reader, and a press on "Catalog 2" lists the functions, so it seems to be recognized. I haven't inserted any card at this point.
I've read about the "gooey roller syndrome" supposed to affect all readers after all those years, and I was wondering whether I should "preventively" open it and check this at first, in case the sole fact that reading or writing a card might worsen things at "repair time", or if I just could go on with a read or write test, to see if it works, in hope it has "miraculously" escaped the syndrome.
What do you think? Thanks for any advice!
Bruno