Complely off topic, but I can't resist.... The refrence to toll collection harkens me back to the NY State Thruway (a sort of Poughkeepsie relationship there, so maybe not so off topic). I was born and raised in Saugerties, NY, which is just north of Poughkeepsie; triangular to Kingston and Woodstock. My whole family hails from Woodstock (parents, grandparents, etc.). I learned how to play golf at the Woodstock CC; great memories. Oh well...
I remember having to take a "punched card" when I got on the Thruway and then handing it into the attendent at the exit where I got off. Don't know if that is still the same deal, but ... -- All the best, Scott T. Harder On 5/28/09, Anne & Lynn Wheeler <l...@garlic.com> wrote: > 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 <bbreyno...@aol.com> 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
