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From: conan@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Robert B Carroll)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: light pens / bar-code readers wanted
Keywords: bar-code reader on ibm-pc architecture
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Date: 5 May 89 14:38:22 GMT
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In article <4154@crash.cts.com> paul@boop.cts.com (Paul Palacios) writes:
>I am looking for any suggestions on manufacturers, models, or whatever
>information I can get on available bar-code readers for the ibm-pc
>(xt/at/386 whatever :-) ).  A light-pen kind of device would be ideal,
>however, I would appreciate any other suggestions that you might think
>reasonable.  I should also add, it's use would be closest compared to
>a point-of-sale kind of use (although, not exactly).
>

Try a company called Symbol Tech(or symbol technology or something like that).
I used to design POS software.
They had a gun type scanner and a snub-nose type(and probably more that
i never used) thatoperated via vibrating mirror. We had one that you
could put into a counter top and run things over, but i can't remember
the manufacturer(NCR probably?).

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