Jeff, I, too, have heard of such a beast. I'm not sure of a vendor, but KeyTronics makes all sorts of other types of keyboards ... On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Jeff Kell wrote: > I was in a meeting with an ID-card system vendor this morning which > involved, among other things, identification and "debit-card" use of > student/staff ID cards, acceptance of credit cards at various places, > and other things. At some point this obviously crossed the line between > our terminal-based systems doing fee payment/parking/etc and the > previously independent credit-card payment system. Our records need to > keep the credit card numbers in the event of refunds; so I asked about > some sort of reader which could supply data in-line (not unlike a > previous question here about barcode readers to insert data as if from > the keyboard/terminal). > > The sales guy said he "thought" they had a replacement PC keyboard with > a mag-stripe reader built into it which inserted the data as if it were > typed when the card was swiped. Sounded interesting. Anyone dealt with > these before? Vendors? Approximate price? > > Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]> > Don Harrington Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (206) 931-4457 voice P. O. Box 3707 M/S 5J-34 (206) 931-9085 FAX Seattle, WA 98124-2207 [log in to unmask] These thoughts are owned by the person expressing them, and no one else!