Yes, however, I believe that Dynasys produces a stripe reader
they refer to as a "Copilot" interface (I just love the confusion
with the old emulator's name), and it uses a modem cradle patched
into a small MSR...the modem cradle fits a Palm V form factor, so
I figure that's as commonplace as it's going to get.
-Rus
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Will Chapman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 12:39 AM
>To: Palm Developer Forum
>Subject: Re: Magnetic Stripe Reader
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>That fits a SPT1700 device so no good for a Palm III.
>
>You know, the one big mistake I think various
>Palm licencees (including Palm themselves) have
>made is the proliferation of diffrent serial
>connections!. Why on earth don't we have a
>standard so that all add-ons fit all PalmOS devices?!
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>Will Chapman
>Computing for Business Ltd
>EPOS software for DOS, Windows and PalmOS Handhelds
>Logic Net - the inexpensive EPOS hardware solutionhat
>
>
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>http://www.symbol.com/products/mobile_computers/mobile_portable
>_msr_3000.htm
>l
>>
>> Its for Symbol's PalmOS device, I'm not sure if it has the exact same
>> serial port type as regular palms.
>>
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