beattie%mitre-gateway@sri-unix.UUCP (12/09/83)
From: brian beattie <beattie@mitre-gateway> Does any-one know where I might find a cheap bar code reader. any help would be appreciated beattie at mitre-gateway
norm%rand-unix@sri-unix.UUCP (12/10/83)
From: Norman_Shapiro <norm@rand-unix> I'd appreciate your forwarding, to me, the replies you receive to your message. Thanks much,
brian@sdccsu3.UUCP (12/14/83)
x <- bug killer
A complete article on the construction (hardware) and software for a
simple bar code reader was given in the Motorola 6800 (NOT 68K)
applications handbook about 6 years (is it really that long) ago.
Rummage around your hardware lab and see if they have an old copy. In
particular, it explains in great detail the UPC symbols on supermarket
items.
--
-Brian Kantor, UC San Diego
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Kantor@Noscporter@inuxd.UUCP (J Porter) (12/16/83)
Texas Instruments has a consumer grade bar code reader out
in a "Speak&Spell" type of product, but I don't know if you
can get just the bar code reader. It is not conventionally
shaped (ie: it doesn't look like a wand) - instead it looks
like a 3 inch plastic disk with a hump in it about the size
of a crayon. The whole product sells for like $40 at
Children's Palace (et al.). Has anyone tried to use this?
PS: Seems to me that I saw an article in the IEEE transaction
on Consumer Electronics within the past year on the
development of this inexpensive bar code reader.
Jeff Porter (inuxd!porter)
AT&T Consumer Products
IndianapolisABN.ISCAMS%usc-isid@sri-unix.UUCP (12/16/83)
Brian, Saw in a recent Radio Shack catalog a bar code reader addition for their Model 100 that doesn't look too bad. Seems to address several of the common standards. I've been recently working with some Intermec bar code gear - readers and printers -- but they're PLENTY expensive! Regards, David Kirschbaum Toad Hall
ABN.ISCAMS%usc-isid@sri-unix.UUCP (12/16/83)
Brian, Saw in a recent Radio Shack catalog an accessory to their Model 100 that might suit your needs. It seems to address several of the common industry standard codes. I've been developing software and interfaces between micros, terminals, and Intermec bar code readers and printers lately, but their stuff is VERY EXPENSIVE! Regards, David Kirschbaum Toad Hall
julian@ecsvax.UUCP (12/19/83)
Try ABT, Advanced Business Technology. About one or two hundred dollars. Mail to me if you need the address and phone number of them. ecsvax!julian (919)-737-2517