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axagarwa@seldon.cs.twsu.edu writes:
> I have a Laser bar code reader which has an interface to plug into the
> serial port of a computer. Is it possible to modify it to make it work
> in parallel with a keyboard? I would like the bar code reader to generate
> the numbers as if they have been type on keyboard. 

> Would this be as easy as finding a converter for it ?
> --amit
> axagarwa@seldon.cs.twsu.edu

You will have to get some kind of convertor for it.  The keyboard signals 
are not like a serial RS-232 signal.

We use bar code readers made by Worthington Data Solutions, and this is 
how they work.  They plug in to the keyboard port, and everything they 
read is as if it was being typed on the keyboard.

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