Re: Bar code reader question!

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From: jkemp
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 17:40

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In <3avtgf$po8@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, axagarwa@seldon.cs.twsu.edu writes:
>
>Hi all,
>
>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 ?
>
>Thanks for your time.
>
>--amit
>axagarwa@seldon.cs.twsu.edu
>

The bar code reader I have has a TSR that does this.  Does the Reader
plug into a Wegde that then connects to the Serial Port.  Sometimes you
can buy just a different wedge that will connect to the KeyBoard
port.

Joe

Try:
   BarCode Discount Warehouse
216-273-4623

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