[TriLUG] barcode scanner recommendations (self-correction)

[Thunder Bear]

On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 15:35, Jeremy P wrote:

> Yes, and that version is going to be much easier to deal with in Linux,
> since you don't need a driver; the numbers from the barcode are just
> "typed" into the keyboard port, and the software doesn't know the
> difference.

Actually they both seem to function like keyboard input (I have both). 
Didn't have to load any drivers for either beyond whatever is loaded by
default in Red Hat 7.2.

> Pretty interesting stuff.  I actually have one laying around
> somewhere; I might give that a try this weekend.  Not that I have anything
> that really needs scanning...

Well now that Amazon.com has opened up an XML interface to their
database, I now have a use for the Cue::Cat.  :-)