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youngqd@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Dean Youngquist) writes:

>I have a friend who, not having a notebook computer, needs some sort of
>handheld portable data entry device.  The idea is to carry it around and
>enter inventory, text and numeric values.  Later he would take the unit
>back to the desk-top pc and download data through an infra-red link or 
>through the serial port.

>It would also be great if the device could accept data both by manual keypad
>entry and by bar-code input.

>I think there may be such thing already on the market.  Please email to
>me if you know of any.

There are loads of these things on the market; dang but I cannot remember a
single name.  The Yellow Pages can probably help, under "Bar Coding", 
"Industrial Controls", "Computer...", etc.

You may have to dispense with the bar coding (or do they have an attachment?),
but something like the Casio BOSS or Sharp Wizard can be used for the rest of
it.  They have a PC interface.

-JTT