Inventory Control (was Re: "No name" S-100 computer)

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Fri Jun 26 21:06:42 1998

On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Shawn Rutledge wrote:

> > might help (yes, I'm really just trying to find a use for these cool laser
> > scanners and wands I have).
>
> Me too! I picked up a couple of the stainless steel round wand type with a
> red laser in the end. They have a 9-pin plug and were evidently intended to
> plug directly into a serial port. But the laser didn't light up when I did
> that; so I figure maybe the software would have to enable/disable a certain
> combination of control lines, if the thing is really powered off the port.
> Do you happen to know any more about how these work?

There appear to be many different types. I think you can find wands that
plug directly into a PC serial port, but all of mine seem intended to plug
into specific "portable data terminals" (which I also have) from which I
can download the scanned data. There are also several different types of
barcodes, and not all wands/scanners can handle all barcode types.

-- Doug
Received on Fri Jun 26 1998 - 21:06:42 BST