[TriLUG] barcode scanner recommendations

[Andrew Perrin]

Thanks to all for their help here. I bought the one Jeremy recommended
below off eBay, plugged it in, and it works flawlessly on first
attempt. (For the record, it's a Percon Mini PowerWedge, wand-style.)

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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu


On Wed, 15 May 2002, Jeremy P wrote:

> 
> Here's another one from eBay:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2024428110
> ($50 for Buy It Now)
> 
> That one looks like it has good documentation, accessories (adapters),
> etc... probably a better bet than the previous one... and yes $50 is CHEAP
> for barcode scanners.
> 
> --Jeremy
> (I work in the same dept as the library at Durham Tech; we use these
> barcode wands for the library circulation desk, although not with Linux.)
> 
> On Wed, 15 May 2002, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone recommend a *cheap* barcode scanner that will work under linux
> > (debian)? I'll be using it to barcode outgoing surveys, then scan in their
> > IDs when they're returned.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
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> > Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
> > Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
> > clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu
> > 
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