Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!cca!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!csu-cs!bentson From: bentson@csu-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Magnetic bank cards Message-ID: <2242@csu-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Jun-83 16:13:15 EDT Article-I.D.: csu-cs.2242 Posted: Sun Jun 5 16:13:15 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 02:46:48 EDT References: iuvax.399 Lines: 16 I once worked at a firm that used magnetically encoded cards to gain access to the computer room. (The cards also had the typically unflattering photographs on them.) Anyway, as the story goes, one of the service technicians was working on a disk drive. He found the card than was clipped to his shirt pocket was getting in the way, so he took it off and set it down (ON THE HEAD MOTION ACTUATOR!). Needless to say, when he went out for some parts, he couldn't reenter. My officemate also found that a bulk tape eraser also does wonders on the card. Randy Bentson Colo State U - Comp Sci csu-cs!bentson 303/491-7016