Have a look at that :CueCat thing at RadioShack - the barcode reader you get
with their catalog. It has special software (and if you don't install it,
you get strange encoded text at the insertion point whenever you scan a
barcode), but you can get software that will decode it's special coded text
into standard ASCII. Look for "Cue Cat" at www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/ - VB
required.

It does work with UPCs. I've tried it.

-Randy Glenn
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From: pic microcontroller discussion list
[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Mark Willis
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 6:35 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: [PICLIST] [OT]: Where to find Barcode Readers?


"Me again."
A friend wants a couple of those metal pen-type bar code readers, I'm
not certain if he wants those with keyboard wedges or serial;  If anyone
has good ideas, I can pass them on.

Thanks!

  Mark

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