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

Masters, Gary E GEM at CDRH.FDA.GOV
Fri Sep 1 07:00:38 EDT 2000


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 


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