Magnetic Stripes
Jeremy Cooper
jeremy at crl.com
Tue Apr 19 21:47:55 PDT 1994
It may be difficult to reproduce some magnetic cards because the
recording pattern is not purely left to right. Some cards take more of
an approach like the VHS system, where every frame (or byte) is recorded
in diagonal stripes across the surface:
/ / / / / / / /
instead of
- - - - - - - -
_ . _ ___ _ . _
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