On 25 Jun 2001, at 18:11, Ray Dillinger wrote:
Add a microdrive and one of those PC-on-a-chip things with a 386 plus minimal hardware and a teeny linux distribution, like you can find at http://www.tiqit.com for under $1000, then download the appropriate driver from the reader manufacturer, compile it with gcc, and you're in business.
Too expensive. Just wire the card reader into the serial port of your handy Palm (III|V|VII) and collect away. I saw several articles (sorry, no links) last year about skimming, and at least three of them had accompanying pictures of a Palm-based skimmer unit with attached card reader. Fact is, I have a card reader unit that I bought a couple of years ago. I've been "about to get around to doing" a reader app on my Rabbit development board, but now that I have a CerfCube, I'll probably do it on that. A Tiqit is $995, but a CerfCube is only $495 (or maybe $299, if they repeat the sale) and will also take a Microdrive. -- Roy M. Silvernail [ ] roy@scytale.com DNRC Minister Plenipotentiary of All Things Confusing, Software Division PGP Key 0x1AF39331 : 71D5 2EA2 4C27 D569 D96B BD40 D926 C05E Key available from pubkey@scytale.com I charge to process unsolicited commercial email