I have been looking for a small mag card reader and finally came across this one. It is USB, it has a built in clock to keep track of the time of the swipe. And finally it has 512k of storage, which the manufacturer claims holds 3000 swipes. Pretty awesome. It reads tracks, 1,2, and 3. The pricetag for this little guy is $340 USD. I’d love to get my hands on a model for a review if the company is reading You can read more on the manufacturer’s website: http://tyner.com/magnetic/msr500ex.htm Anyone have any favorite mag card readers/writers?
For the more curious types of people, there has always been the want to find out what kind of data is hidden on those mag stripes on the back of your drivers license, credit cards, and other ID cards. I’ve been dabbling in magstripe gear for a couple of years now and it’s really astonishing the kind of info they will put onto a college ID card. What do you need to read magstripe cards? Only a card reader and some free open source software. You can even make a reader if you want to save money! Once you’ve got a reader and the software, it’s really easy to use. Depending on which reader you have, you either have to run StripSnoop in character mode (if your reader connects through your keyboard port) or just run...
