seeking barcode scanner

My friend Mike has a half dozen new-in-box-but-box-is-damaged scanners. The scanners are fine, not even discolored. I have an Intermec from him that reads all the 2D codes and some of the 3D types, though not UPS shipping labels. But it works fine on WD hard disk drive serial and model number barcode tags, and everything else I tried, including UPC codes and printed paper barcode labels on PC parts. We often slap mice and video cards on the copier so we can have a paper record to be entered en mass into the asset tracking system. Today I scanned **a photocopy** of the bottom of some mouses and video cards and was able to read all but one of them. Some Intermec, some PSC, some other brands, and I think they're all keyboard wedge style. All the cables re included for a machine with a PS/2 style small DIN keyboard connector. They are mostly hand-held with a trigger style. They are programmed by printing out selected pages from the PDF manual or printed copy and scanning them in sequence. They are substantial commercial grade devices, not in the least flimsy. I think he's used them on a machine with a USB keyboard simply by plugging the scanner into the PS2 port. The keyboard connector on the scanner's cable then gets plugged into nothing. I'm sure he'd sell you any number of them for under $50 each, although you'd have to ask him yourself. I'll send you some contact info privately. -T At 12:25 PM 3/2/2009 -0800, you wrote: ----- 593. [Science Fiction] A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting. --Dr. Who --... ...-- -.. . -. ----. --.- --.- -... tpeters at nospam.mixcom.com (remove "nospam") N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) WEB: http://www.mixweb.com/tpeters 43? 7' 17.2" N by 88? 6' 28.9" W, Elevation 815', Grid Square EN53wc WAN/LAN/Telcom Analyst, Tech Writer, MCP, CCNA, Registered Linux User 385531