Fun ideas! My daughter has a Frozen book that has tiny code squares of some sort (not QR, but not bar either) that's sort of interactive with a scanning wand that came with it. I had no idea there was even such a 'thing' as a barcode gaming scene, so I'll definitely look into that. And I love the idea of geocaching, if only because we'd be walking around the park with our M100's. :-)
You know (alert: rambling aside ahead), I downloaded the scanned BCR manual and was reading it last night. What I love about our computers is the forced economy when it comes to programming. I was never a big time programmer by any stretch, but I remember having to really take the time to map stuff out and try to make it as efficient as possible because memory constraints dictated it. The inventory program that's listed in the BCR book doesn't do a whole lot, but I couldn't help but wonder what it would look like 'today' by the time you had to import this library over here and incorporate that driver from over there, etc. I'm glad programming in general has reached a much larger audience nowadays with all the IDEs and bells and whistles and modules and stuff, but there's a minimalist beauty in a lot of the 'old school' code that I think a lot of people miss. I've been slowly introducing my daughters (7 and 9) to BASIC. They recognize that it's a whole lot easier to pick up their tablet, tap something, and play whatever high-def game they want, but it seems like they also can't help being a little impressed when they're watching me tinker with something and I show them the listing and they see what a few lines of code can accomplish. On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Kurt McCullum <[email protected]> wrote: > As luck would have it, I found the files on my key chain USB drive. > > BCR Files > <http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=Kurt%20McCullum/Bar%20Code%20Reader> > > > > Kurt > > > On Friday, August 18, 2017 7:26 AM, Kurt McCullum <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I've got those programs Willard. I'll try to upload them today. > > > On Friday, August 18, 2017 12:45 AM, Willard Goosey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 12:35:28 -0500 > John Gardner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Once upon a time PC mags had bar code pgm listings. Getting > > that going again might be fun... "8) > > > Speaking of... the "TandyCode" BCR driver was a seperate software > package and does not seem to have made it onto the Net. I speak > specifically of :26-3847 TandyCode > > There was also 26-3846 Bar Code Reader that either supported more bar > code formats or expanded on the existing drivers? > > Anyway, you know the drill. If anybody has this software, please upload > so it can be preserved. > > Willard > -- > Willard Goosey [email protected] > Socorro, New Mexico, USA > I search my heart and find Cimmeria, land of Darkness and the Night. > -- R.E. Howard > > > > >
