FW: IBM Magnetic cards

I remember these. There were two kinds of machines that I recall use this media. The first, I know little about; that's the IBM word processors based on the Selectric typewriter mechanism. These beasts were what looked like an IBM selectric with a THICK umbilical to a 2 1/2 foot high cabinet that sat next to your desk. These had a cardreader, that would move the card in and out as it read the tracks. The other one, I worked on for a awhile, was a similar word processor manufactured by Redactron Corp, of Yaphank NY (or NJ?). The 'Redactor' used these MAG cards at first, then changed to cassette tape. They were later bought out by Burroughs, in their abortive attempt to enter the word processor business. They were thoroughly clobbered by the likes of NBI and Lanier, who were both subsequently killed in the ensuing PeeCee 'revolution' (revulsion?). I haven't seen a mag card reader of any 'stripe' in many years. Sorry for the long (and largely irrelevent) reply. That's what happens when you revive a long-dead memory: It tends to assume a life of its own. Jeff