[WEB4LIB] :CUE C.A.T. peripheral

[Masters, Gary E]

Byte magazine tried this in the early 80's (late 70"s?) and was printing
small programs in "bar code."  At that time bar code readers were much more
expensive and had a lot more parts (well they were bigger).  I imagine they
are less expensive to make now with fewer parts.  But it did not take off
then.  

Why not a scanner that does both bar codes and images?  What would that
take.  I do remember a lot of hand held scanners.  Or could you combine it
with a mouse?

Every idea has its time.  


Gary E. Masters
Librarian (Systems)
CDRH - FDA
(301) 827-6893 

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Drew, Bill [SMTP:drewwe at snymorva.morrisville.EDU]
	Sent:	Thursday, August 31, 2000 4:28 PM
	To:	Multiple recipients of list
	Subject:	[WEB4LIB] :CUE C.A.T. peripheral

	This may be slightly or greatly off topic, but I found a new toy or
tool to
	use with my home or work computer.  It is called :CUE CAT.  It is a
barcode
	reader and software that allows you to scan any UPC or other barcode
and
	have a webpage come up that is either about that product or the
webpage of
	the company that produced that product