this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2025
33 points (100.0% liked)

retrocomputing

5343 readers
1 users here now

Discussions on vintage and retrocomputing

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
SDF@lemmy.sdf.org
cognitivegears@lemmy.sdf.org
Penkster@lemmy.sdf.org
33
The Forgotten Realm of 1990s PC Barcode Scanning Kits | LGR (youtube.com)
submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

BARCODES! No one cares about 'em. Yet they were once exciting, cutting edge tech. Heck, old computer magazines often had entire sections dedicated to UPC scanning and software. So I finally got a PC barcode reader kit from 1994 and used it with some POS applications! And Duke 3D.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] millie@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

I also have a CueCat! I ordered it back in the 90s when it was still being advertised!