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Re:How We Crowdfunded $750k for a Giant Book about Keyboard ... by epcoa on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:53PM (#39218911)
Having written USB HID code for barcode scanners where this came up (thrilling I know). None of the major OSes support it including OS X. It’s sort of a homage to a historical artifact (that table dates to the early 90s) but useless because even if you use those old keyboards you will have to emulate with the usual scan code.
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Re:How We Crowdfunded $750k for a Giant Book about Keyboard ... by growingkittens on Thursday February 01, 2024 @05:05PM (#39222107)
Barcode scanners are cool. I'm working on setting up a barcode system for my personal library and then probably home inventory. Do you have any recommendations?

I found 4 used scanners for cheap (Datalogic Gryphon GD4400).

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