7 Nov
1998
7 Nov
'98
5:58 a.m.
PCM magazine, a dedicated Tandy mag from the 80's had Model 100 software
printed in bar code format. You used a program called Tandy Code,
published by Tandy-Radio Shack to read the strips in. With a wide
carriage Tandy printer such as the DMP-2100 or 2100P, you could use
Tandy Code to print your own bar code storage program files. It really
worked pretty well if you could keep the bar code wand scanning in a
straight line at a constant speed for 13-14". I finally used a long
thin stainless straight edge to keep the wand tracking and got pretty
good at it. I still have several M100's and a DMP-2100P. I might drag
it out and give it another try.
James
Hans Franke wrote:
> 'Byte's early years were fun for
hardware hackers - I wonder if
> anybody actually got their 'barcode' software publishing scheme
> to work. They had a few issues with pages of barcodes you were
> supposedly able to read in with a wand.
I can also recall some MacUser's from the
mid-80's had some scheme where
you could read in programs from the magazine with some form of wand, never
really took of tho.
In Germany 'mc' (a more hardware orientated mag) tried also
this kind of barcode thing in the early 80s - but I think after
a year or so it faded away (the bar code, the magazine lasted
until 94 I think).
Gruss
Hans
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HRK