23 Jul
2000
23 Jul
'00
2:41 a.m.
At 01:20 AM 7/22/00 -0000, Eric wrote:
John Honniball <John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk> wrote:
Correct. HP never made a bar code wand for the HP 71. However, Zengrange
made two different wands for the 71. The first one has the normal type
programmer applications. The second one was made for use with the HP 71s
that Zengrange sold to the UK's National Health Service (or what-ever their
exact name is). The second type wand only has functions that were used for
the NHS's data collection operations. The commercial Zenwand is much rarer.
The two wands look the same but have entirely different functions so make
sure of which one you're getting if you buy one. The NHS HP 71s and wands
are common in the UK and were sold surplus for something like 5 UK Pounds.
Joe
Ah, now I have five HP71B calculators, plus an HP
bar-code
reading wand for them. I'd better get a TX6!
HP didn't make a bar wand for the HP-71B.
However, they did make general purpose bar wands for OEM applications.
Zengrange, the same people that made ZENROMs and ZEPROMs for the HP-41,
bought the OEM wand and integrated it into a product for the HP-71B
called the ZENWAND.
Sorry to pick nits, but I didn't want anyone who isn't familiar with
the history to go on a wild goose chase for a non-existent HP product.