Hi, everyone...
Anybody remember those Cuecat thingies they were giving away at Radio
Shack a couple years ago? (If you don't, it's basically a hand-held
barcode scanner that plugs into a PS/2 keyboard port via a Y-cable.)
Well, I have one sitting here and I am hoping to be able to use it for a
large inventory project -- 1000+ books, magazines, and comics, all of
which have a handy barcode.
Currently, when I swipe a barcode with it, nothing at all happens. I'd
expect some kind of code to spew out as if I had typed it in, since this
thing *is* plugged into the keyboard port.
One possible hitch is that I use software remapping to change a cheap
normal keyboard into a lovely Dvorak layout. (Meaning my /etc/rc.conf
has a line that says KEYMAP="dvorak", and I also use the Dvorak map in
KDE.) However, since I get absolutely *nothing* when I try to scan a
barcode now, I'm guessing the Cuecat's output is somehow separated from
normal keyboard characters... which leads to the guess that it could
somehow be made to work.
If someone has a clue I could borrow, I'd be very happy. :)
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