The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well.
[email protected] (Ted MacNEIL) writes: > We used to joke about how IBM found a way to get rid of all their olld > 96-column stock. In Canada (I don't know if elsewhere), the original > Banking Machines used that form factor to print receipts on. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009h.html#41 Book on Poughkeepsie http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009h.html#42 Book on Poughkeepsie recent posts mentioning atm machines & los gatos lab (as well as managing magstripe standards) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009b.html#77 Z11 - Water cooling? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009c.html#24 IBM tried to kill VM? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009e.html#6 ATMs At Risk http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009e.html#45 Mainframe Hall of Fame: 17 New Members Added http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009e.html#51 Mainframe Hall of Fame: 17 New Members Added http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009f.html#39 PIN Crackers Nab Holy Grail of Bank Card Security http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009g.html#25 New standard for encrypting card data in the works; backers include Heartland wiki ibm 3624 (& 3614) ATM machines (& los gatos lab) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_3624 for some reasons above wiki page even references on of my old posts: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2004p.html#25 there was an early incident with atm machine across from a fast food resturant and kids feeding tiny packets of ketchup into the card read slot (subsequent added countermeasure to differentiate between atm card & other things). also from wiki page: The transaction records printed by the 3624 and used by customers to verify their transactions were approximately 3 inches square and on similar card stock to punch cards. When performing deposits, customers were instructed to place a special transaction record inside of the deposit envelope to aid in the processing of the transaction by the back office staff. ... snip ... above also has URL for picture of (canadian bank) 3624 http://www.rbc.com/history/anytimeanywhere/images/photos/self_serve2.gif and wiki magstripe page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stripe invented by ibm and coding standards managed out of los gatos lab from "1966 to 1975". -- 40+yrs virtualization experience (since Jan68), online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
