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Mag-Tek MiniUSB Stripe Reader does not work under eCS 2.1, but does under Windows and Linux.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Connect card reader to USB port.
2. Open text editor (to accept input).
3. Swipe credit card.

Result:

Light goes out on card reader (buffer filled), and no data is transferred to the text editor.

Expected result:

Light should blink once as data is entered into buffer and then released. Encoded data (credit card #) should be input as text string in editor.

Comments:

This did not work with the 10.162 stack, and has not worked with any of the newer stacks up through 191. As meantioned above, it works perfectly well under other operating systems on the same workstation. As manually inputting card numbers actually costs a few cents more per transaction than swiping, this can be a deterrent to using eCS in retail applications (the Mag-Tek is the industry standard reader in the USA).

Mag-Tek MiniUSB Stripe Reader does not work under eCS 2.1, but does under Windows and Linux.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Connect card reader to USB port.
2. Open text editor (to accept input).
3. Swipe credit card.

Result:

Light goes out on card reader (buffer filled), and no data is transferred to the text editor.

Expected result:

Light should blink once as data is entered into buffer and then released. Encoded data (credit card #) should be input as text string in editor.

Comments:

This did not work with the 10.162 stack, and has not worked with any of the newer stacks up through 191. As meantioned above, it works perfectly well under other operating systems on the same workstation. As manually inputting card numbers actually costs a few cents more per transaction than swiping, this can be a deterrent to using eCS in retail applications (the Mag-Tek is the industry standard reader in the USA).

Technical reference manual (293KB) may be downloaded from:

​ftp://ftp.2rosenthals.com/pub/Mag-Tek/99875191-13.01.pdf

This may be trivial, but as some builds seem to work better with some hardware than others, and as some builds seem to only be available through the eCS BetaZone? (requiring a valid login), I was wondering about the ability to freely distribute the available packages.

I believe the sources are based on the last released DDK (please correct me if I am wrong). EDM/2 mentions that the DDK is (as of withdrawal in 2004) "IBM abandonware" (see ​http://www.edm2.com/index.php/IBM_Developer_Connection_Device_Driver_Kits_for_OS/2#License).

These packages include no license document, making it difficult to determine whether there are, in fact, any rights reserved on any of the code. I would suggest that something either be added to the readme or a license document be included in the package.