Re: [Melb] Metcard ATM's fail

["Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au>]

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In article <84tvug$jpb$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au
(Christopher_Martin GORDON) wrote:


>Metcrad machines have been hit by another round of vandalism at the
>stations.  Mainly the large machines at the station and it relates to
>"Metcrad Pokies" posted to this newsgroup back in December.
>
>People have worked out a way for the machine to give *too* much change
>or return more money when the ticket is cancelled.  
>

Out of curiosity, does the vandalism involve damaging the machine to make it
give change, or it it a case of tricking the mechanism somehow into
overchanging.  

Stuart Thyer
Photographer
University of Melbourne