Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!uc!apctrc!drd!mike From: mike@drd.com (Mike Rovak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Wanted: HP-41 Barcode generating program Summary: it exists Keywords: HP41, barcode, program Message-ID: <1991Jun5.204225.18642@drd.com> Date: 5 Jun 91 20:42:25 GMT Article-I.D.: drd.1991Jun5.204225.18642 References: Sender: Mike Rovak Followup-To: comp.sys.handhelds Organization: DRD Corporation Lines: 40 In article peraino@gmuvax.gmu.edu writes: >>Subject: Wanted: HP-41 Barcode generating program >Lines: 13 > >> >>The problem I've got is this, using the HOOKUP interface, I can get >>the HP-41 programs into the computer, but what I want to do is generate >>program barcode on my Epson printer. I won't be doing it very often, >>so if necessary, I can do the printing on a laserjet (I think I can even >>get to a postscript printer if I need to). > > > I have seen a bar code generator for the 41. It reads the program >source. It knows all codes for x-functions, card reader, etc.; even games >module. It generate bar code for apple laser writer. Trouble is, it >runs under UNIX(tm) with Perlscript. I recall seeing *somewhere* years ago a program in BASIC which would read an HP41 source file and then spit out the barcode on a PC-compatible printer. I'm sure that it was easily patched to match whatever printer you are using. I don't believe that it was a third party program, I think that it was published by HP. Suggest that you check with them. If you fail to locate one of these options, then your only alternative is to get the plotter module, the HP IL module, and the HPIL printer. The plotter module contains a routine to print bar code on the printer, or a plotter such as the HP 7475. These alternatives are expensive and probably defeat the purpose of inexpensive bar code I/O. Good luck. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. ======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mike@DRD.Com uunet!apctrc!drd!mike ========================================================================