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Affordable Mag-Stripe Card Readers for Linux?

Posted by timothy on from the things-that-sound-simple-but-aren't dept.

Skip Franklin asks: "I'm looking for a mag-stripe card reader to use with a Linux kiosk. I've searched all over the web, but I'm not finding much in the way of hardware vendors that say they support Linux. There's tons of stuff on smartcards, but I just want a simple (read: cheap) mag-stripe reader. Anyone using one of these (preferrably USB interface, serial if necessary)?" Anyone who's had better luck than Skip at finding such a beast?

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  1. Re:What about writers? by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 4, Interesting
    You could really play some mind games. Copy the mag stripe info from your new Visa to your expired Texaco card, then wipe the Visa card blank. Thief steals your wallet, tosses the expired Texaco card and tries to use the Visa. :-)

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