The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well.
TrailingEdgeTechnologies <[email protected]> writes: > Another use for the 1mm-hole form factor for cards would have been a > step between the original 80-column and 51-column cards used for > toll collection and the current mag stripe cards. for a little topic drift ... wiki mag-stripe page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stripe "invented by IBM under a contract with the US government for a security system" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Parry magstripe standards then managed out of the IBM Los Gatos lab from 1966 to 1975. IBM los gatos also 3624 (& 3514) ATM (cash) machine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_3624 ... transaction records printed by 3624 was on approx. 3in sq card similar to card stock. earlier post in thread mentioning 3614/3624 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009h.html#44 Book on Poughkeepsie -- 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
