>>
>>3.  Read Magnetic card strip.  All 3 tracks. (not sure whether to
>>    do in ttl or rs232).
>
>I don't know anything about the format in which the data is stored on the
>strip, but I would immagine that it is independent of the rate at which the
>card is swiped past the magnetic head. I would think this because, if this

I was once going to tackle a similar problem, and I have several text files
explaining the data encoding. I however do not have them here at work. I
will find them tonight and send them your way.

Brad

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