I do know that ebay is a great place to find these things...I have also used the type that acts as a keyboard input device...you can find a used one for about 40-50 bucks...it should work the same with linux as it does for windows....as long as the application that has focus is set to handle the input.
On 12/6/05, Glenn Hennessee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jonc wrote: > > Hello LUGites, > > > > I'm looking to install an inventory process in my business to handle all > > the phones and routers that fly in and out of here. Fortunately most of > > these things have nice bar-codes on them with their serial numbers (and > > MAC addresses), so I figure a bar-code reader will help me out. > > > > Anyone using anything particularly nice? Hopefully integrated with > > Linux. Hopefully handheld. > > > > Jon > > > We have used some barcode scanners here. Unfortunately all we have used > are the ones that connect in through the keyboard port. With those you > just shoot the barcode when the application is expecting it and it > routes through the keyboard interface, no coding at all. The handheld > scanners I have looked at connected to the computer via the serial port > of the computer. That was several years ago so they may have usb > versions now. > glenn > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
