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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. What about writers? by crow · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    What about writers? It should be easy enough to copy the magnetic strip from one card to another. I've always thought it would be fun to use an old (expired) credit card intead of the ones that they issued us. (It would also be nice to have a backup.)