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From: rozee@elec.canterbury.ac.nz
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Bar code reader
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.215859.1@elec.canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: 26 Jun 91 09:58:59 GMT
Organization: Electrical Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Has anyone got any useful info on using a bar code reader with a P.C.?
I'm posting this for someone else; as far as I can tell the reader
will be a wand type, connected to a P.C. The hardware is a commercial
product (sorry, don't know what make), and the software is what is going
to be written. What is of particular interest is what sort of output
the reader is likely to produce, format and the likes; will it be 
the numeric equivilent of the bar code, or something else.

A software package is available for the reader; cost about twice the 
price of the hardware. Uneconomic.

Thanks for any help,
                       Rob.

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