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MAGAZINE MEANS COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE GENERALLY RECTANGULAR INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION-STORAGE STRIPS EACH HAVING CODED SELECTION NOTCHES PROVIDED ALONG AT LEAST ONE EDGE THEREOF, ENCLOSURE MEANS IN WHICH SAID STRIPS ARE RETAINED AS AN ASSEMBLED GROUP, SELECTING AND RELEASING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID CODED NOTCHES TO PERMIT ANY STRIP REGARDLESS OF ITS POSITION IN THE GROUP TO BE RELEASED FROM SAID SELECTING AND RELEASING MEANS FOR SEPARATION FROM SAID GROUP BY LONGITUDINAL TRAVEL OUT OF ONE END OF SAID ENCLOSURE WHILE THE REMAINING STRIPS IN SAID GROUP REMAIN ENGAGED WITH SAID SELECTING AND RELEASING MEANS, THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID ENCLOSURE FROM SAID ONE END BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO RECEIVE A PREVIOUSLY SELECTED STRIP TRAVELING IN A LONGITUNDINAL DIRECTION IN RETURING TO SAID ENCLOSURE, LOADING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID OPPOSITE END AND RESPONSIVE TO THE POSITION OF A STRIP RETURING TO SAID ENCLOSURE FOR RECEIVING THE RETURNING STRIP AND PLACING IT BACK IN COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID SELECTING AND RELEASING MEANS SO THAT THE THUS RETURNED STRIP WALL AGAIN BE CAPABLE OF SELECTION AND RELEASE BY SAID SELECTING AND RELEASING MEANS, SAID LOADING MEANS INCLUDING A MOVABLE STOP MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE POSITION OF A RETURNING STRIP FOR STOPPING AND RESTRAINING THE LONGITUDINAL TRAVEL OF A RETURNING STRIP AFTER ENTERING SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID ENCLOSURE AT A PREDETERMINED POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID ASSEMBLED GROUP, SAID LOADING MEANS ALSO INCLUDING MEANS FOR MOVING A STRIP AT SAID PREDETERMINED POSITION INTO THE ASSEMBLED GROUP.