[comp.periphs] hand held scanners

ecoal@lure.latrobe.edu.au (06/24/91)

Hi out there!
	Does anyone know of a handheld scanner that
			A) runs on its own batteries
			B) plugs into an existing machine port
				(ie serial or parallel)

	Our interest is due to the overwhelming number of laptops
held by our academics, who take them to all manner of strange and
wonderful places -most of which dont have/never heard of 240v power
supplies.  These researchers would love to able to scan small
quantities of graphics/text onto storage, but at present there does
not appear to be any means to do so.
	I would be grateful for any information.

Anne
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Anne Livnat
Systems Manager				ECOAL@LURE.LATROBE.EDU.AU
Sch of Economics & Commerce
LaTrobe University, Melbourne Australia
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