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From: jordan@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (Jordan Young)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Consulting time recorder (Videx Timewand)
Message-ID: <1990Mar17.155634.4325@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us>
Date: 17 Mar 90 15:56:34 GMT
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Reply-To: jordan@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (Jordan Young)
Organization: Segue Software, Cambridge MA
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A couple of years ago I installed an 8K timewand in a friend's
bookstore for inventory control.  It's worked quite well there
an the one time it's needed service (new battery) the Videx people
were very responsive.

The thing is very flexible about the kinds of barcodes it reads and
is totally programmable, although I haven't done so.  The documentation
you get about how to download from it is rudimentary at best but
having looked at the TRS Model 100 software they shipped with it,
I've gotten it to work quite well with standard PC communications
software.

Reading barcodes with the timewand requires a little more practice than
a standard pen or gun reader, and the barcodes have to be pretty clearly
printed (9 pin dot-matrix printers with old ribbons don't cut it - I
use a laserjet).  Also. for 8K timewand, docking station (RS232/charger),
cable, and Model 100 SW I know I paid lessthan $300; I think it was $225.

jordan@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us