Barcodes (was: Re: Kilobaud Magazine)

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Tue Nov 10 15:13:46 1998

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com wrote:

> >>Thanks to Kai's generosity I finally fulfilled my lifelong quest to
> obtain
> >>a SoftStrip reader at the VCF. I am complete.
> >>
> > Naw... you are only complete when you find a copy of the software to
> > generate the Causin bar codes (yes, they did actually sell it!) and start
> > archiving your software on reams of paper!
> >
> > ...and when you find it, I want a copy too!
> >
> > -jim
> Eh? What's going on here? Is the barcode format not documented?
>
> If it is, should be trivial to write software to generate barcodes
>
> If it ain't, why is this system so desirable?

Because it was COOL, man!

No other reason, really.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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