11. Platform Technologies makes multimedia systems that provide audio, video and graphics by inserting a card into a computer. 12. Slice a slit in the tops and insert name cards. 13. Stormet Norem was also thwarted when he tried to insert his card into a nearby machine. 14. That means opening up the PC and inserting the card, a task that intimidates many beginners. 15. The first ad, for ski-lift tickets sold through the machine, runs before a bank card is inserted. 16. The money can be received by going to an automated teller machine, inserting the card and typing in C-O-K-E. 17. The trusted traveler could insert the card into a machine, undergo a fingerprint or iris scan and quickly be cleared, avoiding the long lines. 18. Then the card can be inserted into one of the selector stations and the customer is prompted through the process, much like at an ATM machine. 19. Then the card would be inserted into the computer to transfer the images. 20. Trouble was, the cards were inserted during the printing process, which resulted in thousands of packets getting smashed, leaking and smearing the expensive, glossy pages. |