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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki
Did anyone here ever come across the CueCat?
It was a sort-of handheld barcode-reader you hooked to your PC and by swiping it across barcodes printed in magazines, catalogs, on products etc. it took you to the relevant website.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat
A bit like the ubiquitous QR-codes do on phones these days.
As an idea it never caught on and the people behind it filed for bankruptchy after a couple of years. |
You've reminded me of the
Siemens Pocket Reader.
I bought one for next-to-nothing from an ad in a magazine when they'd been discontinued, thinking it would be useful and fun. It turned out to be neither
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/d...Pocket-Reader/
Nick