Thanks for all your thoughts, I appreciate. There is absolutely no info out there as the machine is quite old.
The machine does use pes format but I am thinking the price of a blank card reader etc would be too much here in France. I put a bid for €150 maximum for the machine, won't go higher than that as there is another €20 postage on top. I do know bernette is not made by bernina but am thinking for what I will do with it , it should be OK. I checked with a local shop where I bought my bernina and they think it could be fixed if it has a problem, it uses same part as brothers. If I do want more pes cards that I can put directly in the machine and don't want to pay full new price how do I search for them ? I have no idea what format these cards have. If I did buy a new machine I would get one with usb attachment and work from the computer, many more possibilites.
hugs from France,
Joanne