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                                Cue the scanner
                                        
In browsing the web (under Windows. Darn it, IE is faster than Netscape, and
it handles bookmarks much better) I came across a site that decodes the
:Cue:Cat bar code scanner. Since I have the scanner hooked up to the Belkin
OmniView, [1] I decided to try it under Windows on that site.

It worked. Unlike last time. [2]

I then logged into the Linux box from Windows, and tried it. Again it worked.

Then I tried from another Linux box in console mode. It worked again.

I think the problem is that X Windows is affecting or misinterpreting the
keyboard scan codes, causing problems with the :Cue:Cat. But it's nice to
know it works.

Just not under X Windows.

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2000/09/06.3
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2000/09/18.2

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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