Dan Tobias at 17:30, 10 June 2013

2013-06-10T17:30:29Z

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2013-06-09T21:11:17Z

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The '''Drexon Laser Card''', or Drexon Optical Laser Card, was a physical data format from the 1980s. It was a credit-card-sized card with a data stripe on it, but unlike the stripes on [[magnetic stripe card]]s, this was an optical medium (like a CD or DVD). Up to 2 megabytes of data could be stored on it, and it was anticipated for a variety of uses from identification cards to computer operating-system booting. US patents 4,284,716; 4,542,288; and 4,544,835 were related to this format. While it had some specialized uses, it never caught on as a mainstream format.

== Links ==
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/X1382.97 Info at Computer History Museum]
* [http://www.drtomorrow.com/lessons/lessons8/46.html Info on the Drexon Laser Card from its time; perhaps from a press release]
* [http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ325516&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ325516 The Potential Role of Drexon LaserCards in Optical Publishing] (info on journal article, but full text doesn't seem to be online)
* [http://www.sciy.org/2007/03/06/dark-matter-cosmologist-jerome-drexler-pioneered-nanotech-laser-recording-media/ Article on invention of Laser Card]

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-The '''Drexon Laser Card''', or Drexon Optical Laser Card, was a physical data format from the 1980s. It was a credit-card-sized card with a data stripe on it, but unlike the stripes on [[magnetic stripe card]]s, this was an optical medium (like a CD or DVD). Up to 2 megabytes of data could be stored on it, and it was anticipated for a variety of uses from identification cards to computer operating-system booting. US patents 4,284,716; 4,542,288; and 4,544,835 were related to this format. While it had some specialized uses, it never caught on as a mainstream format.
+The '''Drexon Laser Card''', or Drexon Optical Laser Card, was a physical data format from the 1980s. It was a credit-card-sized card with a data stripe on it, but unlike the stripes on [[magnetic stripe card]]s, this was an optical medium (like a CD or DVD). Up to 2 megabytes of data could be stored on it, and it was anticipated for a variety of uses from identification cards to computer operating-system booting. US patents [https://www.google.com/patents/US4284716 4,284,716]; [https://www.google.com/patents/US4542288 4,542,288]; and [https://www.google.com/patents/US4544835 4,544,835] were related to this format. While it had some specialized uses, it never caught on as a mainstream format.
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Dan Tobias at 17:30, 10 June 2013

Dan Tobias: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=physical |released=1981 }} The '''Drexon Laser Card''', or Drexon Optical Laser Card, was a physical data format from the 1980s. It was a credit-card..."