Magnetic stripe card - Revision history

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 == More sources ==
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stripe_card Wikipedia page] has good details
+* [[Wikipedia:Magnetic stripe card|Wikipedia page]] has good details
 * [http://www.abacus21.com/Magnetic-Strip-Encoding-1586.html Magnetic Strip Encoding Standards]
 * [http://www.hhhh.org/~joeboy/resources/magcards/ ALPHA and BCD format info]
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 * [http://secondavenuesagas.com/2013/02/19/debuting-a-universal-metrocard-that-falls-short/ Debuting a universal MetroCard that falls short]
 * [http://mentalfloss.com/article/50199/how-does-plastic-bag-fix-buggy-credit-card How Does a Plastic Bag Fix a Buggy Credit Card?]

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-Magstripe (magnetic-stripe) cards are everywhere: bank cards, [http://cansecwest.com/slides06/csw06-malfunction.pdf hotel key cards], gift cards, transit tickets, id cards. They encode machine-readable data in a strip of magnetized material, usually located next to the long edge of the card. They most commonly appear in the approximate size and shape of a credit-card, though airline boarding passes, mass-transit fare cards, and many other varied forms exist. The underlying technology is the same, though: a sequence of alternately-polarized magnetic stripes which are read with a magnetic head similar to that found in any cassette player.
+Magstripe (magnetic-stripe) cards are everywhere: bank cards, [http://cansecwest.com/slides06/csw06-malfunction.pdf hotel key cards], gift cards, transit tickets, ID cards. They encode machine-readable data in a strip of magnetized material, usually located next to the long edge of the card. They most commonly appear in the approximate size and shape of a credit-card, though airline boarding passes, mass-transit fare cards, and many other varied forms exist. The underlying technology is the same, though: a sequence of alternately-polarized magnetic stripes which are read with a magnetic head similar to that found in any cassette player.
 == Data formats ==

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	* [http://secondavenuesagas.com/2013/02/19/debuting-a-universal-metrocard-that-falls-short/ Debuting a universal MetroCard that falls short]		* [http://secondavenuesagas.com/2013/02/19/debuting-a-universal-metrocard-that-falls-short/ Debuting a universal MetroCard that falls short]
		+	* [http://mentalfloss.com/article/50199/how-does-plastic-bag-fix-buggy-credit-card How Does a Plastic Bag Fix a Buggy Credit Card?]

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-Magstripe (magnetic-stripe) cards are everywhere: bank cards, [http://cansecwest.com/slides06/csw06-malfunction.pdf hotel key cards], gift cards, transit ticket, id cards. They encode machine-readable data in a strip of magnetized material, usually located next to the long edge of the card. They most commonly appear in the approximate size and shape of a credit-card, though airline boarding passes, mass-transit fare cards, and many other varied forms exist. The underlying technology is the same, though: a sequence of alternately-polarized magnetic stripes which are read with a magnetic head similar to that found in any cassette player.
+Magstripe (magnetic-stripe) cards are everywhere: bank cards, [http://cansecwest.com/slides06/csw06-malfunction.pdf hotel key cards], gift cards, transit tickets, id cards. They encode machine-readable data in a strip of magnetized material, usually located next to the long edge of the card. They most commonly appear in the approximate size and shape of a credit-card, though airline boarding passes, mass-transit fare cards, and many other varied forms exist. The underlying technology is the same, though: a sequence of alternately-polarized magnetic stripes which are read with a magnetic head similar to that found in any cassette player.
 * [[ANSI/ISO ALPHA Data Format]]
 * [[ANSI/ISO BCD Data Format]]

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	* [http://www.gae.ucm.es/~padilla/extrawork/stripe.html collection of resources]		* [http://www.gae.ucm.es/~padilla/extrawork/stripe.html collection of resources]
	* [http://www.textfiles.com/anarchy/CARDING/ Textfiles.com things related to cloning cards]		* [http://www.textfiles.com/anarchy/CARDING/ Textfiles.com things related to cloning cards]
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		+	== Other links ==
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		+	* [http://secondavenuesagas.com/2013/02/19/debuting-a-universal-metrocard-that-falls-short/ Debuting a universal MetroCard that falls short]

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 Data formats:
 * [[ANSI/ISO ALPHA Data Format]]
 * [[ANSI/ISO BCD Data Format]]
 == Making a reader ==

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-{|
+{{FormatInfo
-|[[File Formats]]
+|formattype=physical
-| >
+}}
-|[[Physical File Formats]]
-| >
-|[[Magnetic stripe card]]
-|}
 Magstripe (magnetic-stripe) cards are everywhere: bank cards, [http://cansecwest.com/slides06/csw06-malfunction.pdf hotel key cards], gift cards, transit ticket, id cards. They encode machine-readable data in a strip of magnetized material, usually located next to the long edge of the card. They most commonly appear in the approximate size and shape of a credit-card, though airline boarding passes, mass-transit fare cards, and many other varied forms exist. The underlying technology is the same, though: a sequence of alternately-polarized magnetic stripes which are read with a magnetic head similar to that found in any cassette player.

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 * [http://www.quora.com/When-was-the-first-credit-card-with-a-magnetic-stripe-issued/answer/Brian-Roemmele history of the magstripe card]
 * [http://www.gae.ucm.es/~padilla/extrawork/stripe.html collection of resources]
-* [http://www.textfiles.com/anarchy/CARDING/ Textfile.com things related to cloning cards]
+* [http://www.textfiles.com/anarchy/CARDING/ Textfiles.com things related to cloning cards]

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 == Binary encoding ==
-Modern cards are usually [[Aiken Biphase] (aka F2F)].
+Modern cards are usually [[Aiken Biphase]] (aka F2F).
 [http://www.alcrypto.co.uk/magstripe/dab.py Python script to decode Aiken Biphase from a WAV file]