by even a compile of the OLDCARD code, was unapproved by me the keeper
of OLDCARD and broke OLDCARD and the ray driver.
Adjust new code to cope with the older interface.
If the interface changes in the future, it ***MUST*** be cleared by me
so that the OLDCARD impacts taken into account. It code in card_if.m
is used jointly by both OLDCARD and NEWCARD.