> I have to research, but didn't think that a PC's
> keyboard such as an AT offered raw ASCII.

Well, I really don't *know* PC keyboards to well, but I thought
that they transmitted "scan codes", not "normal" ASCII.

> I would therfore decode the
> scanner's keyboard type scan codes to ASCII

And I said that this isn't needed if you use a scanner that transmit
in plain ASCII on a RS-232 link. But maybe you want/need to use
PC-kbd emulation and a scan-code-decoder in the PIC.

> Any thoughts on memory card sticks (credit card size) for data logging
> similar to PCMIA or other type?

Does they have to be removable ?
If not, take a look at the FRAM's from RAMTRON on www.ramtron.com.
I'v got a couple as samples but havn't had time to try them yet.
It depends on how much storage space you need.

Jan-Erik Svderholm
S:t Anna Data
Sweden

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