----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 12:36
PM
Subject: Support for new Card
Readers
Posted on behalf of Ian Piper.
The current AMC 152 desktop card reader is no
longer available. Two readers have been proposed as replacements.
The ACS30 for about $49 and
the ST100 for about $98. The ACS30 reader is a small compact reader but
draws it's power from a PS2 port on the host computer (therefore it has two
connectors to plug in, the serial connector and the PS2
connector).
I have tested the ACS30 reader
and can get our software to support it.
What I need to know
is:
1) Is the ACS30 an acceptable
reader?
2) What accounts need
this?
3) When do they need this
by?
4) What software will they be
using (BallotStation NT, or VCProgrammer) that needs the new reader to create
voter cards?
Tab