> Any ideas where such a critter could be found?

Do cash registers still use these?  Try a local "business
machine" store, the sort that sells cash registers.

Or an online seller...for example:
http://store.a1pluselectronics.com/repr.html

I can see where you'd want to go through a distributor,
though.  Those prices...OUCH!

Mike H.

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