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From: rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: credit-card encoding (was Re: Wiegand wires?)
Message-ID: <10677@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 28 Sep 90 19:38:01 GMT
References: <1990Sep25.153854.2812@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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From article <1990Sep25.153854.2812@zoo.toronto.edu>, by henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer):
> In article <10960034@hpldola.HP.COM> paul@hpldola.HP.COM (Paul Bame) writes:
>>Speaking of credit cards, why don't we use bar codes or some other optical
>>method rather than magnetic?  Seems like it would be more reliable.
> 
> Magnetic schemes have the vast advantage of being essentially immune to
> dirt and surface damage.  For something that gets carried in pockets for
> years, this is a significant advantage.
> -- 
> TCP/IP: handling tomorrow's loads today| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
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