Kilobaud Magazine

From: James L. Rice <jrice_at_texoma.net>
Date: Sat Nov 7 10:58:51 1998

PCM magazine, a dedicated Tandy mag from the 80's had Model 100 software
printed in bar code format. You used a program called Tandy Code,
published by Tandy-Radio Shack to read the strips in. With a wide
carriage Tandy printer such as the DMP-2100 or 2100P, you could use
Tandy Code to print your own bar code storage program files. It really
worked pretty well if you could keep the bar code wand scanning in a
straight line at a constant speed for 13-14". I finally used a long
thin stainless straight edge to keep the wand tracking and got pretty
good at it. I still have several M100's and a DMP-2100P. I might drag
it out and give it another try.

James

Hans Franke wrote:
>
> >> 'Byte's early years were fun for hardware hackers - I wonder if
> >> anybody actually got their 'barcode' software publishing scheme
> >> to work. They had a few issues with pages of barcodes you were
> >> supposedly able to read in with a wand.
>
> > I can also recall some MacUser's from the mid-80's had some scheme where
> > you could read in programs from the magazine with some form of wand, never
> > really took of tho.
>
> In Germany 'mc' (a more hardware orientated mag) tried also
> this kind of barcode thing in the early 80s - but I think after
> a year or so it faded away (the bar code, the magazine lasted
> until 94 I think).
>
> Gruss
> Hans
>
> --
> Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
> HRK
Received on Sat Nov 07 1998 - 10:58:51 GMT

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