> And I love the idea of geocaching, if only because we'd be walking around the park with our M100's.
Only if you are sly and evil and use a custom bar code format you make up yourself, so that ordinary barcode scanner apps on phones can't read them. ;) On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Roger Mullins <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >
