Hi,
That sounds like some of the arguments for developing QR code. ============================================================================================== C U L8r, °|° Walt Perko °|° "Kids ... teach them the good stuff, and they still learn the bad stuff on their own." http://www.R2Pv1.com/ RoboGuts™ Intelligent content for 3D printing making S.T.E.A.M. education better, easier and more affordable Experiments to learn how to use various Electronic Components, Structured Computer Programming, Phonemes for Speech &Song in any language, and Art. "The World Needs a New Economic Model" ============================================================================================== Sent from the Cyber7 From: M100 On Behalf Of Peter Noeth Sent: Friday, July 12, 2024 5:15 PM To: Model 100 Discussion <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [M100] Odd Topic - barcode storage I entered a program from an actual PCM magazine, and it averaged between 1.5 and 2 seconds per full line. It depends on a number of things: * consistency .... with barcode wand holding angle and swiping speed. * contrast and clearness of barcode printing. * flatness of the magazine pages. If you have to fight the magazine to lay flat, it will take longer. It also helps to use some sort of "straight edge" to guide the barcode wand in a straight line. Regards, PeterN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 22:55:25 -0700 From: B 9 <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [M100] [m100] Odd Topic - barcode storage Message-ID: <CAG1tPevfnut4u-W9kW7oSsw-=ahzhzpaw77ujtzy2k4pcfk...@mail.gmail.com <mailto:[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" <snip> But... back to the topic at hand: bar codes. Does anyone have a barcode wand and the time to test it out on PCM's Bar Code Listings <https://archive.org/details/PCM-Magazine/1984-04_v1n10/mode/2up>? How many seconds does it take to enter a long program and how many bytes is the program? I expect it will not be fast, but since it would only be needed once in a while ? like if the Model 100 navigating the ship has been reset and loses all programs in memory ? slow but dependable may be a reasonable compromise. ?b9
