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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Those little casettes to order food by
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Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 08:40:10 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  2 08:40:10 1984
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{ And it's all in the draw of the cards... }

Well, that all depends.  I never got a close look at the cards, but let's
just assume that the cards have a batch of little switches on the top.
There is a menu...a finite choice of foods that the computer can create.
You flick the switches on the cards and stick it in.  The computer reads
which switches you flicked and gives the appropriate food.

Why more then one card?  Well, one could be a 'breakfast' card while
another was a 'lunch' card?  Maybe they can't fit the whole menu on
one card.

Of course, I never got a close enough look at those cards to tell for
sure...
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                                                Peter Merchant