Why go through the wheel invention all over, if you can buy a bar code
scanner that plugs inline between your keyboard and PC. This scanner
pumps out ASCII on the PC side. If you want to use a PIC to read it,
what
can be easier than ASCII? You can set it up for all the popular bar
codes.

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Friendly Regards

Tjaart van der Walt
mailto:tjaart@wasp.co.za
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