Hi Mel:
I have long been interested in the potential of barcode readers
and the word "free" is a CS+ for salivation for me BUT this item
does not seem to get very good reviews. Here is a column from
Salon...
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/09/15/cuecat/index.html
Ken
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 17:58:27 -0500 "Melvyn B. King"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I just got a CueCat. It's a free bar-code reader. My Harcourt rep. told
> me about it. Radio Shack gives
> them out for free. Apparently Harcourt's books are going to have little
> bar codes in them to
> allow students to surf directly from the text to the web site.
>
> I just installed it but have not tried it. It is claimed to scan any
> bar-code and go to the appropriate web site.
>
> We will see.
>
> Any experience with this thing out their????
>
> Mel
>
> --
> Melvyn B. King
> SUNY Cortland
> Box 2000, Cortland, NY 13045
>
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Kenneth M. Steele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dept. of Psychology
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
