The original keyboard wedges were a hack that worked, but still a hack. The USB interface makes it so easy to have multiple keyboards, multiple mice, multiple printers, multiple whatever without having to add internal cards to the computer. I would vote it the single most useful addition to the computer in the last 10 years.
Dennis McGrath ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wills, Steve Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:59 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Barcode Readers for Data Acquisition and Upload to RB? Paul, did the USB work in the same way as the keyboard wedge/wand-type? It's been WAY LONGER THAN 3 YEARS for me since I did anything with barcode scanners, but do seem to recall that the way it worked was that the scanner scanned the barcode, then "input" the data along with a CR||CR/LF||LF, i.e. [Enter], just like a user at the keyboard. (I seem to recall that [some] scanners were configurable as to whether or not the "[Enter]" was part of the input to the system. Is that the way your USB scanner worked? I ask because my intended platform for this little -well, actually kinda' big - one off "charity" project is a laptop. I was thinking one of the Symbol devices, USB (hopefully, given the laptop), visible beam, of which I have found several variants selling for between $100-or-so and $200-or-so. Thanks, Steve From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul InterlockInfo Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:49pm 15:49 To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Barcode Readers for Data Acquisition and Upload to RB? I used "Wasp" seemed expensive. So I looked around and there are nicer ones out there. Both USB and Keyboard. I am going back three years. Still using it and barcode printers. I also use the RBase built in RBase fonts. They work great. Simple addon! I do have a few connections for some if you like. Just email me. Sincerely, Paul Dewey New Horizon Interlock Inc. New Horizon Safety Diagnostics Inc. www.interlockinfo.com Saving Lives - One Breath at A Time (tm) This e-mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above and is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act 18 U.S.C. Section 2510-2521. This e-mail is confidential and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail message from your computer. From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wills, Steve Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:20 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Barcode Readers for Data Acquisition and Upload to RB? I know this comes up on occasion, but does anyone have any recommendations and or experience using barcode readers to collect a series of numbers then uploading those to RB? I would like to collect a series of numbers that present in their physical sequence, i.e. FIFO, a number comes in, get scanned, followed by another. These numbers will related to other information, and they will be sorted in physical order. Cheap is good, but reliability is better. Thanks, Steve in Memphis J. Stephen Wills Program Manager, Research Informatics Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research University of Tennessee Health Science Center 62 S. Dunlap, Suite 400 Memphis, TN 38163 Office: 901-448-2389 FAX : 901-448-7133
