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Description: The first prototype of magnetic stripe card made by Forrest Parry and Jerome Svigals of IBM, the prototype was created in 1960's. It is a piece of cardboard with the size of credit card, with a magnetic cellophane tape sellotaped to it.
Title: Magnetic stripe prototype
Credit: Jerome Svigals
Author: Jerome Svigals
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