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- From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
- Subject: Re: Wanted: handheld data entry device, download data to PC
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.193454.19577@dcatlas.dot.gov>
- Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
- References: <1992Aug18.210049.27403@leela.cs.orst.edu>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:34:54 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- youngqd@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Dean Youngquist) writes:
-
- >I have a friend who, not having a notebook computer, needs some sort of
- >handheld portable data entry device. The idea is to carry it around and
- >enter inventory, text and numeric values. Later he would take the unit
- >back to the desk-top pc and download data through an infra-red link or
- >through the serial port.
-
- >It would also be great if the device could accept data both by manual keypad
- >entry and by bar-code input.
-
- >I think there may be such thing already on the market. Please email to
- >me if you know of any.
-
- There are loads of these things on the market; dang but I cannot remember a
- single name. The Yellow Pages can probably help, under "Bar Coding",
- "Industrial Controls", "Computer...", etc.
-
- You may have to dispense with the bar coding (or do they have an attachment?),
- but something like the Casio BOSS or Sharp Wizard can be used for the rest of
- it. They have a PC interface.
-
- -JTT
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