Found a great pen to mark HP calculator cards

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(08-16-2024 06:04 PM)John Garza (3665) Wrote:  Personally, I take a different approach as HP cards are no longer in production and will eventually become scarce. I create custom cards in MS Word for all my programs, and print to paper. I then enclose both front and back with 'Book Tape' (a thick clear tape), then cut out the cards with scissors, usually 20 or so to a page. What you have is the equivalent of the 'label cards' from the TI-58/59. They are non-magnetic but serve to annotate the user defined keys and title of the program. And they are MUCH easier on the eyes than my chicken-scratch handwriting. I keep the actual programs on unmarked (reusable) magnetic cards with the corresponding label card in the same sleeve in the card holder. Works great for me.

-J

This sounds great John! I think it's a tad OCD, but here at MoHPC, that's a very good thing, not a label to denigrate someone.

Share some photos when you have time, I think they would help to convey the feel for the process and setup you describe. We all need some way to avoid effectively rendering cards borderline unusable by our own chicken-scratching; in any case, nothing to show someone else....