Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 04 Dec 2006 12:41:59 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John J. Lee) declaimed the > following in comp.lang.python: > > > digits, through complicated encodings (my colleague Robin tells me US > > postal bar codes were a particular pain), up to funny-looking 2D "bar" > > Really? I seem to recall coding a GW-BASIC/Epson MX-80 compatible > routine to take a zip-code and produce the bar-code for it, on a TRS-80 > Mod 4. Wasn't for my use -- a co-worker wanted it (and had the "manual" > of markings allowed on an envelope).
Apparently there's a new US postal barcode, a "four state" barcode. Presumably you drew the older simpler ones back when you were using the TRS-80... John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
