Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!brian From: brian@sdcsvax.UUCP (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Bar Code Readers Message-ID: <971@sdcsvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 18:36:42 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.971 Posted: Wed Jul 10 18:36:42 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Jul-85 06:53:19 EDT References: <764@ihlpg.UUCP> Reply-To: brian@sdcsvax.UUCP (Brian Kantor) Distribution: net Organization: UCSD wombat breeding society Lines: 23 In article <764@ihlpg.UUCP> timborn@ihlpg.UUCP (Tim Born) writes: >I am looking for information about bar codes and bar code readers. >If you have pointers to books &/or articles &/or experts, please let me know. >Related problems: where find a bar code wand? > how to build a bar code wand? > can an HP bar code wand be attached to any old micro? > where do you locate an HP wand (and specs)??? In the original Motorola M6800 (not 68K) applications manual there was a complete construction plan and software, as well as a discussion of principles of a wand-type bar code reader for reading UPC symbols and other bar codes. Unfortunately my only copy got left behind a few dozen jobs ago, so I can't supply the details. Maybe somebody who worked with 6800s might have one. Brian Kantor UC San Diego decvax\ brian@ucsd.arpa akgua >--- sdcsvax --- brian ucbvax/ Kantor@Nosc