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- Dave finds a credit card embossing and programming machine in the dumpster!
Will it work?
And of course, teardown time.
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Hi Dave, I work for a financial institution and have just retired 4 of them. They are awesome machines despite all the people who like their plastic built printers. They are made to last. Had one in service for over 20 years without issues or maintenance. Over 30,000 cards made. Your jamming issue could be due to the adjustment for the card thickness in the input hopper. The thickness setting is very critical. Once the sled grabs the card, it will pass it through the first roller where the write head is located. Mad stripe is located closer to the unsupported end of the card. It will pass through several times, one to write and then read to verify it is correct. The roller on top is connected to a opto sensor that keeps track of the card position when writing. After that, it will emboss the 16 digit number and name. The part that moved on the bottom should contain another roll of black transfer tape that puts the numbers on the back of the card. CVV. It spools on one wheel and snakes through the other end and back down to the other wheel. Hence the rollers in the odd position. There should be a diagram on how to load the tape on the bottom of the top cover. Then it retracts and heads all the way to the left and the element heats up and stamps the foil on the card. It then returns back to the output bin and dumps the card. The people in the office hated this machine and said that it was old and outdated. The machines we replaced with today have so many more issues due to the crappy design and workmanship. Lots of great parts in them. Steppers, drivers, gears, chassis, optos, and more. Once you get the thickness set, I bet it would work again. Oh, these machines may have had the Chip option but very little bank software supported this because of compliance and that it only had a serial port. All of ours were networked with an external box that had ethernet and a serial port. Enjoy.
I really hope he sees this and picks your brains about it. Maybe make a post on the forums too?
Dave needs to pin this when he wakes up tomorrow!
This guy knows what he's talking about. They were very solid machines until some institutions had to go with the plastic fantastic units. However, some variations of these were strictly embossers and not programmers. Also some used card stock that have the CVV #s preprinted on them, so I guess its all in how they were specced out.
I will say that the key lock is a joke - a good yank on the front panel will open these machines right up. Always loved seeing the shocked look on people's faces doing that.
Thanks Bob. 20 years with no maintenance, wow!
The thickness thing didn't occur to me, will have to take a closer look.
@@edwardgreenjr167 There is an optional CVV printing assembly for this model.
At 12:08, you can see the details of a previously printed card on the silver 'topper' roll. Personal Data Security fail.
I was just going to say the same thing. Would be interesting to see if they're actual credit cards, or something stupid like gym cards, or laundry cards or something dumb like that.
@@gorak9000 The number passes the check as a valid Visa number, but due to the age of the machine it's likely a retired number. It's a great example of a failure in a chain of custody for secure data.
Me as well.
When the supplies are used up they are supposed to be securely destroyed because yes you can get full card info from them
The card issuer appears to be "US Bank". Any Americans able to call their toll free number to report the card as compromised?
Time to start issuing EEVBLOG loyalty cards!
That would be an amazing patreon perk
@Darkteckh on telegram is a real vendor I can’t believe my eyes that man too real Go on his telegram He sell credit card with high balance
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Dave you have to show us it working, don't leave us hanging.
MultiShizmo ruclips.net/video/e20w3dwoWz8/видео.html
Neat!
If you go to the video ruclips.net/video/zYMKa_E8fJ4/видео.html the device is shown operating at about 12 and a half minutes into the video.
@@george8bitsworth And even a product key for unlocking the demo software @ 10:11 :)
Don't give up Dave adjust the card thickness, Dave what are you doing Dave
"Your bank can just print you a replacement card in 1 minute"...
and then mail it to you in 2 to 3 weeks :)
Metrobank in the UK will make you a debit card on the spot.
My Australian bank (CBA) are pretty good about this, any time I've lost a card, they've gotten a new one to me in a couple of working days.
The Antipope I'm with CBA too and I wish they could just bloody use one of these machines in branch, and give me a replacement card, while I wait!!! Often takes 5 days by mail!
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In this episode, Dave turns to a life of crime in the phony credit card black market.
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I like how they threw it away with a bunch of card imprints on that foil roll....... Secure.
@Darkteckh on telegram is a real vendor I can’t believe my eyes that man too real Go on his telegram He sell credit card with high balance🌴
Got real card from @AnthonyHood on telegram and he helped me load more on it , it still working no security issues so far......that guy is good for the card job 💯❤️
Security risk. In the silver foil tape, you can see the previous printed cards.
They should have remove the silver foil from the machine before trashing it..
probably to old to matter
Yep. Post-issue credit card embossers are supposed to be destroyed (entirely, not just rollers) regardless of age.
Very rare to find used ones that weren't for loyalty cards/etc.
Yup same with the old daisywheel typewriters with the use once ribbons.
"probaly to old to matter" is still a mayor security fail.
Same with toner cartridges on laser printers
That "big wheel" that forces the embossing dies together is a cam
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Fix it please I want to see it work again. And then make something with the parts
fix it and print novelty cards for paterons?
Got real card from @AnthonyHood on telegram and he helped me load more on it , it still working no security issues so far......that guy is good for the card job 💯❤️
Ok its official. I've seen plenty of your videos over the course of years and I have come to realization that you have the best dumpster there is.
Got real card from @AnthonyHood on telegram and he helped me load more on it , it still working no security issues so far......that guy is good for the card job 💯❤️
Tell it to print, but have no cards in stack and one already loaded on sliding tray in back. Hold a second card under photo sensor momentarily to make it think it's loading and then has cleared.
I used to be the IT applications manager for a very large bank on the US east coast. We used the much larger versions of this Datacard embosser that could print, foil, emboss, write the mag stripe, and program the EMV chip. They retailed for around $15K each. But yes... Physical security on these guys was a big concern. They really had to be anchored down and, if possible, locked away in a cabinet. It's nice to see something similar get torn down!
Sounds like you are taking about the 870 model embosser
You can also buy the machines to print full colour & holographics on both sides of the cards, I wrote software to run them for conferences, both CC size and large format plastic. Machines range from about 2k$ cdn to you cant afford it.
For the prolific, search for 3.2.0.0 drivers which are the last working drivers for the fake chipsets.
Why is there no upraw. They are doing the same as FTDDI did a few years back. Bastards
@@TheEPROM9 FTDI was actually bricking the fake chips by changing the VID & PID to 0x0000. The Prolific drivers just won't work with the fake chips. They will still work on a Linux machine or by forcing an old driver on windows.
you can go into linux and reprogram the usb id. the "driver" sets the usb id to 0000-0000
@@TheEPROM9 not quite. The new driver won't work, but it won't cause any damage...only headaches. FTDI was causing damage and the chips would not even work again if you rolled back the drivers.
Fun, sort of related fact... Keycorp shipped out thousands of fake prolific adaptors for NAB Sagem integrated EFTPOS terminals. You can get the working old driver in the PC-EFTPOS client because of this....
Some banks and credit unions where I live will print a debit or credit card replacement on the spot for you. Casinos with slot clubs have versions of these card embossers, although few, if any, imprint raised numbers on cards anymore.
If this credit card embosser did work, if probably broke when it was dropped to the bottom of the dumpster.
To the degree it DOES work, the "damage" likely is just a routine card-thickness adjustment, or a sensor fail where the card is initially ejected from the feeder - which Dave points out as a possibility. The electronics clearly are not broken and the internals appear intact.
Dave's goal here is entertainment, and the fix isn't immediately obvious thus exceeding his value on time. I'm SURE if he wanted it fixed, he would start tracing some of the connections to see if the expected sensors are reporting or the actuators receiving a signal.
Look at all that confidential information, you got hundreds of card numbers and names on the foil roll. :D
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That's something I'd love to tinker with during my free time. Similar internals to a wide format printer and as you said 3d printer, both of which I've repaired and debugged many tines!
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you definitely have to make it work, would love to see it functionning, it's like a mini factory in there.
With a video title this cool sounding, I had zero choices but to click watch and sleep be damned!!
Got real card from @AnthonyHood on telegram and he helped me load more on it , it still working no security issues so far......that guy is good for the card job 💯
Someone's name and credit card number seems to be visible on the foil "topping" tape. Might want to blur that.
Clearly I just saw that also...
I also saw that
Don’t be so stiff. Let’s have some fun with it!
My immediate thought was, that here in the EU, that silver tape would be a GDPR nightmare.You would have to take it out and incinerate it every day.
looks like the last one expires june 2020, oh the stories that little silver roll could tell
Im starting to think Dave's main priority when he selected his lab wasn't the location, or the price of rent or even if the roof could keep the rain out, but how good the junk room was!
I think it was how many card printing machines he can fit in a single room, and how many Dave2's were required to run all the machines.
moneyquote: "But being the boss level hacker that I am, that was no problem!" :D
Got real card from @AnthonyHood on telegram and he helped me load more on it , it still working no security issues so far......that guy is good for the card job 💯❤️
I would so make a bunch of business cards with that unit!
All the vendor on here are scammed I tried @darkfeet7 on telegram is the real vendor on here
@Darkteckh on telegram is a real vendor I can’t believe my eyes that man too real Go on his telegram He sell credit card with high balance🌴
Got real card from @AnthonyHood on telegram and he helped me load more on it , it still working no security issues so far......that guy is good for the card job 💯❤️
Dave, I will never forgive you unless you get this thing working and print that McFly card! When you popped the hood at the start I was so pumped to see one printed!
Got real card from @AnthonyHood on telegram and he helped me load more on it , it still working no security issues so far......that guy is good for the card job 💯
Nice source of smooth rods and lead screws! I see maybe a NEMA 17 stepper also. That base would melt down well!
This is hands on. I love it!
Keep it coming :)
Got real card from @AnthonyHood on telegram and he helped me load more on it , it still working no security issues so far......that guy is good for the card job 💯
Anyone know why this device has a telephone icon and keypad on it? Hope you can manage to get it to work!
I love your reference to Beverly hills cop. that is funny!
Looks like the belt is mounted wrong/have run off the pulley on the "card guider mechanism" stepper motor.
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From what I can tell the unit is complete, I think it is a sensor problem on the feeder, it isn't detecting the card being fed in, I m also suspicious that the mechanism that pushes the card in from the stack isn't moving fully back. I think it pushes the card through, then the transport machismo pushes against the car, I think there is s slot in the mechanism that the card is forced into to hold it, you cant see it from the sides as it recessed.
just a suggestion , i know from photosensors in some effects pedals I have used and fixed , bright ambient light affects the operation, did you try it with the lid closed , hope winter is treating you all ok
Yes, I tried that, it's not that.
Guess he wasn't feeling adventurous. I would have jammed a screwdriver in there to finish pushing it thru once it started feeding.
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Hold on to your hat Dave.. there will be a lot of people asking for repairs on this electromechanical beauty. Set your spam filter accordingly! ;-) Granted, we'd all love to see it do it's thing and churn out a shiny new Marty McFly card for Sagan and a matching one for Huxley.
I came up with some possibilities (They are in no particular order)
First: My money is on the sled extension, when moving towards the card acceptor at the front.. If it's lifting the stack as it should then presumably most of the stack would then briefly rest on top the extension sled hence the thick rails everywhere. As it's not fully extending the sled outwards towards the front to accept the card, could it be jamming intentionally through weight on the card itself.. possibly to prevent the machine filling up with multiple failed card insertions?
Second: Possibly that particular motor drive isn't firing up that one for some reason?
Third: The forks and plate that push the card into the machine are worn so don't get enough purchase on the card and slip, causing failed insertion?
With the weight of the stack on top of it, there's a reasonable amount of friction.
You mentioned there is no need to reset anything after such an event and that made me curious.
This is all based on what I can deduce.
Really enjoyed this video. Glad you came across it.
Thank you for pinning my comment Dave.. You just made my day.
I was curious as to its age and designed lifespan. Wear etc, I see this beige beauty plays it's cards close to its chest. If I think of anything else of importance I'll add it to my post.
I think there is a missing part on the sled and there is certainly a missing transport belt.
@@GeneralPurposeVehicl I hadn't thought of a missing part(s) on there. Probably didn't think of that as Dave didn't mention it. I thought it would come further forward on account of the length of the rails and leadscrew.
At a guess I figured there was a tapered tight fitting rubber channel on the underside of it for the card. A sprung shut solenoid clamp would be a neat design and wouldn't drop cards in event of power loss.. that's how I would have designed it. But it's another point of failure and more on the BOM so the tapered rubber slot might be a better choice from a design/cost perspective.
Granted this behemoth thing wasn't built "on the cheap" by any means!
Fix it! Fix it! Fix it!
Also could be a stolen/illicit unit. Some counterfeiter outfit. Bugga!!
@@deepinmind83 haha. I wondered if it was shady. But given its corporate business park dumpster origins I doubt it.
This things reminds me of an inkjet printer and cassette tape recorder on crack.
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The video thumbnail made me LOL
Next video, dav makes a few million dollar lab.
We've got this thing's younger brother at work for doing ID badges and it's a steaming pile of a machine. Feels like we get a ticket every three or four days to service the damn thing.
Got real card from @AnthonyHood on telegram and he helped me load more on it , it still working no security issues so far......that guy is good for the card job
Wow! That is WAY COOL!
That's really surprising that it supported NFC chips, was that some kind of upgrade kit for the machine?
Oh jeepers, just those label maker cartridges, there's a negative of past prints on that "topping" roll... 23:00 might want to blur that
Nah, that would spoil the fun.
probably to old to matter in any way anymore.
Might get somebody's account number for Blockbuster Video
@@alfoncejean8826 Not that likely. If they threw the unit out last month, then that foil shows the very last card printed, so it could be as recent as a month or two old.
That's not old at all.
@@alfoncejean8826 the exp date says 06/20
The so called "guide" is a 2nd thermal transfer for the ccv code on the back of the card. There is videos of the 150 working on RUclips
The manual shows the CCV code bit is a separate optional module.
@@EEVblog look for a video called Datacard 150i Tutorial LOADING REAR INDENT RIBBON
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Okay, I'm 15 minutes in. If I don't get to see this thing working by the end I'm going to be so disappointed!
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People’s details are on that foil. It’s nice that when these are thrown out, people’s secure information is taken into consideration.
The sensor on the ouput tray probably doubles as has been ejected and tray full, if you got too many cards that slide wouldn't be able to drop back down out of the way.
the prolific driver works but windows 10 will download a newer version that dont work, so you need too tell windows to use the older one. (also got such a cable)
When I started in healthcare IT, we still had card embosser printers. The Patients medical record number, name, SSN, and DOB were punched on the cards, and then got carbon transferred onto all of their charts and labs and such. I didn't have to service those machines, and they were decommissioned not long after I started there. There was no foiling or anything happening, so no PHI/PCI imprints to be gleaned from in the machine, but I do hope those cards were treated accordingly. The ones we had used some kind of solenoid or hammer for the embossing, was LOUD punching the cards, reasonably quick too, probably 2-5 CPS.
Kudos to the engineers that made this mini factory.
Got real card from @AnthonyHood on telegram and he helped me load more on it , it still working no security issues so far......that guy is good for the card job 💯
really intriguing machinery, thanks dave! OMG, in the silver roll already used there are the negatives of all the data of the already printed cards!
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I would love to see it working. It's hopelessly overbuilt from standard parts to save time on engineering and service calls
Got real card from @AnthonyHood on telegram and he helped me load more on it , it still working no security issues so far......that guy is good for the card job 💯
Prolific USB->Serial adapters are crap on windows anyway.
I work in test automation and it's FTDI all the way.
@@marshaul Hope you dodged FTDIgate?
Use a proper serial port. Even modern motherboards still usually have 1 serial port header.
@@simontay4851 Yes and no. For production, sure. For development? If I'm bringing a tablet into the field to interface with indigenous instrumentation, then no, I need an adapter.
I used to have access to one of these machines. As a "learning experience," I made AMERICAN EXCUSE CARDS for my friends. They were fairly popular.
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Damnit Dave I would've just torn into that loading mechanism after the 2nd jam.
A wise man once said "don't turn it on, take it apart."
great score!
The contoured wheel in the embossing unit is called a cam and the little wheel on the back of the arm is a cam follower.
My hospital uses a machine like that to print patient ID cards and you can hear it embossing. It actually does about 3 to 5 characters per second. (It depends how far it has to spin to get to the next character. It would be a lot faster if your name were ABCD than if your name were DCBA.
assuming it's not using a bidirectional motor. (ABCD = power motor via P-channel, DCBA = power motor via N-channel)
I wonder if on the used part of the silver and gold foil there are numbers showing
Brings back memories of manually tipping with a marker pen.
When you say smart cards, as in like contactless cards where you just wave them over the card reader for small payments. Chip n Pin has been around for well over a decade!
In the US embossed numbers and names have almost gone extinct on our debit and credit cards.
Australia probably isn't too far away. Magnetic strip isn't used for credit cards, debit cards just need to move to chip authentication.
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What kinds of imprints are on that foil?
This would be perfect to repurposed it as a sweet business card printer 😂very fascinating! i would imagine this would have cost a couple thousand originally
Wouldn't that "wheel thing" still classify as a cog? Or is there some specific name for it?
Dave. Check the ribbon at the back of the sled assembly. Maybe is broken due to movement.
I worked IT in a hospital and they had a card embosser in the ER that would break down once in a while and we'd be the ones having to fix it. We had to change timing belts and stuff once in a while or add grease etc. I guess the rule really applies, if it plugs in the wall, call IT lol. Big beasts and lot of clunky mechanical parts, neat to see it work. It was actually quite fast, maybe like 20 seconds for a card. I don't think they use it anymore though.
I like how you can read the credit card number and name on the foil roll.
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At 22:57 what is that name he repeats I have seen it in couple of other videos. Is it some reference?
Hey dave, You can still see the card number on the silver roller. Should you blur that out, or is it an old number?
Can I buy that foil roll full of names and credit card numbers when you're done?
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That knockoff prolific driver is not too hard to come by. I keep it handy all the time since I run into those in the field daily.
Also, check out this working version of the printer ruclips.net/video/_BWDbUZFyeE/видео.html
The bit in the middle is a ribbon carrier missing the ribbon for back indent (CVV code) it does just wedge the edge of the card into that carrier but I can’t remember if there are fingers in that or not.
Did work with an embosser for aluminium card, cards to be tied to steel before painting the beam/column/joist (so the aluminium tag had to be embossed, else the paint would hide any standard marking). Could also add a magnetic strip, but we were not using it. It was really easy to use through a serial port, a kind of printer with a form feed send to eject the card, as example.
In the early 2000's I worked for the company which printed Australian American Express, Myers cards and others like Caltex loyalty cards also Drivers Licenses. I was a programmer and supported the Card Printing Process equipment. Some of the equipment was still running on OS/2 Crazy but these machines printed thousands of cards a day in a secure facility, an isolated building in a building.
Companies now routinely outsource the production and delivery of these cards. There is quite a lot of security surrounding access to and use of the card printers and printed cards, and specialized companies can offer to off-load all that.
I loved that tron reference near 10:42
I'd call that rotating bit a "cam". Also the "topper" is really a little hot-stamp machine. You could harvest those bits to put markings on things.
You should try manually tripping the hopper load detecting switch/phototransistor, then running the print command. Perhaps then it would go through the motions without actually carrying a card? Not sure at what point it would need to detect a card again, or does it only detect the cards in fault positions but otherwise work through the process no problem?
I used to fix Datacard machines for a living. This unit was improperly disposed of. But way cool though, never seen such a small unit
What movie is the credit card scene from?
The foil, is the old part still readable?
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Would be really cool to see this working.
"Cam" is the word you were looking for when discussing how the embosser is pinched shut.
My zoo has one of those for their yearly membership cards - except it also prints your photo on the card.
(Free entry for a year - it's pretty close to some of my clients, so it's a good place to stop for lunch on days that aren't too busy)
Output hopper full signal would be that plastic arm not returning because it's sitting on top of a card. I like things like this, relatively simple electromechanical system controlled by basic serial. Nice thing to see and play with.
Dave I would love to see a repair video of this. Really interesting with the sensors ect.
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Great video, as always. Will you be doing a video of you trying to repair it?
Love that Eddie Murphy touch thanks for sharing Dave
Take a drink every time Dave doesn't bother to fix something.
We must see this mechanical marvel work!
Fanastic dumpster find!
That top silver roll has information on it about people's cards that got made by that machine... Not sure what the cards were used for, but it's a bit of a privacy oversight on the part of the people dumping it
Next week Dave finds an ATM in the dumpster. "Hmmmm, I wonder what we have HERE!"
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could you please make a video about how to choose the right solder wire.
As in alloy or diameter? For most hobbyist grade work you’ll want to use either 60/40 or 63/37 tin-lead solder (much more reliable and forgiving) or a basic lead-free, predominantly tin, solder (much less forgiving) all with a rosin (flux) core in a diameter appropriate for the size of joint you are soldering. You get finer control over how much solder you meter out and far less heat wicked away with small diameter solder when working with very small joints but you’d have to feed many feet of fine solder into a heavy joint and would thus use larger diameter solder for large joints (as well as a larger tip on a higher wattage soldering iron to best conduct lots of heat into a heavy joint). As for specialty solder alloys you generally need very specialized needs before you get into that area and are unlikely to need such as a hobbyist unless you have a very niche project - such as very temperature sensitive sensors (e.g. low temperature alloy solders) or the soldering of very fine wires with lead-free solders (where the tin intermetallics formed with that fine wire might actually consume the fine wire without specific complementary metals, such as copper, gold, or silver, added to the solder alloy to control those intermetallics), etc.
For most purposes, your soldering skills and the versatility of your soldering iron station (e.g. adjustable temperature regulation with plenty of wattage to spare for large joints or heavy connections/ground planes plus a variety of tip sizes for your iron to match the size of the joint you are soldering) are much more critical than the particular solder you elect to use provided you use a good quality rosin core lead-tin or lead-free solder. Where you usually get cheated with junk solder is in the amount of rosin core embedded in that solder making soldering more difficult without first adding extra supplemental flux or they may use random or even mixed alloys resulting in inconsistent behavior. The preferred soldering tips are usually an assortment of sizes of either chisel (also called screwdriver for the double bevel) or bevel (single bevel) tips as they both provide large central masses for conducting heat to the component and trace and afford large contact faces to facilitate that heat transfer - but you need to match the size of the tip to the size of your joint/part as larger joints wick away heat quickly whereas fine joints are often space constrained and require finer tips. The least desired tip style is the classic conical tip, though such is what most soldering irons come equipped with from the factory - conical tips tend not to provide a lot of contact area to facilitate quick heat transfer, though they can do alright with very light joints if the temperature is turned up.
So many nice components and assemblies . Would love to salvage the parts.
this was probably used for making customer cards for shops
Any one notice that you can read the foil and get the card holder name and credit numbers of the cards processed by this machine? Shades of the daisywheel typewrites and the use once ribbons from years gone bye where you could read what was in the correspondence that was done on the typewriter.
It looks like you can read the card info on the spent topping roll.
Got real card from @AnthonyHood on telegram and he helped me load more on it , it still working no security issues so far......that guy is good for the card job 😍
I think even some hotels use them to make keys from rooms ect.
Hi dave, Time index 20:50: that is for a ink tape to print a number on the back of the card.
Couldn't help but notice there was a takeup roll of the topping silver with a bunch of people's names and credit card numbers there.
You can replace the prolific chip with an ft232rl because they are pin compatible and don't have to mess with drivers