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From: adam@lamont.Columbia.edu (adam levin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Bar Code Readers.
Message-ID: <279@lamont.Columbia.edu>
Date: 8 Jan 88 19:16:46 GMT
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Back when my Apple ][ was my favorite computer, I hacked a Casio bar code wand
(from one of their little keyboards) to the Apple's joystick port and played
around trying to read/edit/print their bar coded music scores.
I found that the Casio bar code wand gave a good strong signal; there was
circuitry inside the wand to clean up and amplify the pulses.
On the other hand, the Texas Instruments wand (from their speaking books [or
something] series) needed additional circuitry on the motherboard to be usable.

A thought: Would it be possible to make a bar code wand that could be used
as a light pen as well?

Adam Levin

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