Declawing the (Cue)Cat...
Oct. 22nd, 2000 06:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpThis turns out to be a very simple operation. One jumper does the trick, and now the device is an ordinary bar-code reader that outputs ASCII, and does not broadcast my scans to the world (though, to be fair, that was a function of the software that accompanied the feline). So...let's try it out!
The bar code on the back of a box of Altoids gives me:
059280201638
(including a carriage return).
My borrowed copy of Handy Japanese has a bar code that is read as:
978477001748290000
The ISBN number is 4-7700-1748-0, which appears (with the exception of the last digit) to be embedded in the code. The "90000" at the end appears in the code for several other books on my shelf.
Next step: go off and find references to the theory and practice of bar-coding.
In a while, though. There are other fish to fry in the meantime.
Cheers...
The bar code on the back of a box of Altoids gives me:
059280201638
(including a carriage return).
My borrowed copy of Handy Japanese has a bar code that is read as:
978477001748290000
The ISBN number is 4-7700-1748-0, which appears (with the exception of the last digit) to be embedded in the code. The "90000" at the end appears in the code for several other books on my shelf.
Next step: go off and find references to the theory and practice of bar-coding.
In a while, though. There are other fish to fry in the meantime.
Cheers...
