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Subject: Re: Wanted: wireless hand-held data entry terminal
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Date: Fri, 8-May-87 14:53:12 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  8 14:53:12 1987
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Summary: Is there an AT&T product that does this?

In article <3846@drutx.ATT.COM>, vqh@drutx.ATT.COM (HoangVQ) writes:
> I am looking for a small hand-held wireless data entry terminal
>   Wanted features:
> 	- battery powered
> 	- alphanumeric display of at least 40 characters
> 	- ASCII based
> 	- range: a couple of hundred feet would suffice
> It would be nice if the terminal has a bar code reader option
> V. Hoang, AT&T Denver, ihnp4!drutx!vqh

Two years ago, my wife's company (not AT&T affiliated) leased
portable data entry terminals from AT&T-IS for the functions you
describe. They were used for inventory, time reporting for clerks,
etc., and included bar code readers. The only deviation from your
requirements was that they were not on line devices; that is, after
you had entered all the data, you would dial up your computer,
attach the included acoustic coupler to the phone, and key the PDE
to transmit the data. They worked OK. Unfortunately my wife is out
of town this week, so I can't ask her what model number they were.
Any AT&T-IS (whatever you are now) people remember these?

P.S. They were about the size of a portable CB radio.