Peter;<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Peter Kukla <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fruviad@yahoo.com">fruviad@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit">On a related topic...does anyone have any recommendations for cheap, Linux-friendly barcode scanners?<br></td></tr></tbody></table>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I've been a big fan of the Honeywell Genesis 7580 Barcode scanners. They have extremely fast decode time, have aimer LED's if you need them, and emulate a USB keyboard (or, RS485 if you've got point of sales equipment). </div>
<div><br></div><div>If you watch, you can pick them up on ebay for about $25 each -- I use them to monitor what food items I'm throwing away so I can add them to the next shopping list, along with other goodies (book, game, music, and video collection tracking, asset tagging at $CONTRACT_JOB, etc).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Ian</div><div><br></div></div>-- <br>Ian Wilson<br><a href="mailto:ian.m.wilson@gmail.com" target="_blank">ian.m.wilson@gmail.com</a><br><br>Solving site load issues with database replication is a lot like solving your own personal problems with heroin -- at first, it sorta works, but after a while things just get out of hand.<br>
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