KLUB@maristb.bitnet (Richard Budd) (12/10/90)
tuvie!!iiasa.local!wnp@relay.eu.net (Wolf Paul) writes: >Actually those {payphones in Wroclaw} probably don't accept credit >cards, but pre-paid phone cards.... DPFAY@VAX1.TCD.IE (Deryck Fay) writes: >there seems to be three systems in use:... >* a magnetic card system used in Italy. I think the Mercury phones >in the U.K. also use a magnetic system I believe the cardphones in Wroclaw are also using the same system. I recall seeing a magnetic strip on the back of the cards that were to be used with the Wroclaw telephones. Because it resembled the back of my VISA credit card, I assumed they were credit cards. Now having read Wolf and Deryck's messages, I can understand they probably were pre-paid cards using a magnetic system. Richard Budd KLUB@MARISTB.BITNET Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY 12601