Smartcard update

[Alan]

On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Lucky Green wrote:

> Cypherpunks Tonga announces yet another version of SIO/STEST, the
> universal smartcard software.
> 
> Quick summary of changes:
>  - Philips, Gemplus, and Schlumberger reader support added
>  - Chipknip (IEP) specific commands added
>  - new internal commands
>  - infrastructure for implementing card specific commands has been added
>    (which the chipknip commands are built on top of)
> 
> At this point, we need others to start writing tables to support
> additional cards. If you have an ISO7816 compatible smartcard with
> programmer reference manual and minimal C knowledge, you can contribute to
> the project. 

What kind of cash outlay would I be looking at for doing smartcard
development?  What do the needed parts run?  Any recomendations on
suppliers?  Places to avoid?

>    "Tonga? Where the hell is Tonga? They have Cypherpunks there?"

Don't they make toy trucks? ]:>

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