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- From: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: !LOW COST! Bar Code Software
- Date: 16 Apr 1996 15:32:49 -0700
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- In article <3173FCAE.1347@ibm.net>, Jess Schambers <graftec@ibm.net> wrote:
-
- >Bar code symbologies include: UPC A, UPC E, EAN/IAN-8, EAN/IAN-13,
- >Interleaved 2 of 5, Standard 2 of 5, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128,
- >Codabar and POSTNET ABC.
-
- Wow. These barcode standardization people are far more creative than I would
- otherwise be inclinedto give them credit for, aren't they?
-
- I've tried to crack some barcodes as a pleasant diversion, but never got
- anywhere. Presumably it's some sort of group code encoding (because I can see
- how it would be unreliable to read multiple strings of zeros or ones---kind of
- like reading the pits on compact disc).
-
- I could RTFM, of course, but that would take all the fun out of it.
- --
- I'm not really a jerk, but I play one on Usenet.
-