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RE: Acorn reminiscing WAS Barcode Scanner Purchase


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  • Subject: RE: Acorn reminiscing WAS Barcode Scanner Purchase
  • From: "James Hoye" <james.hoye@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:42:06 -0000
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> Well they certainly look pretty good.  I remember using a very old
scanner
> connected to my BBC Micro that you had scan from left to right, at a
very
> consistant speed.  At one point Acorn User even had some program
listings
> that you could scan in, instead of type in.  Ahh the days before
discs/cds
> were on the magazine covers.

I still have the barcode reader somewhere.  Alas, I sold my BBC B to fund
an
A310 (which I still have mothballed in the loft).  Also got an EPROM
programmer... used about twice!

James H



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