I have this machine, using it for years as my main machine. I'm not sure what you are talking about. The card reader I bought was for 9000 cards. I do everything for embroidery on my pc and use an ATA card. There were wires that came with mine to hook PC directly to machine, but they didn't work. It's a great machine and very user friendly. I did learn on the 9000, which I sold to purchase this one. So I was familar with the way Janomes operate.