Exactly, the idea was to speed up checkouts in supermarkets and automate 
warehousing. And even back then, they already had the "crazy" idea of 
connecting customers to the products they bought by giving them a card with 
this funny code. Creepy...

Tomislav Cordazzo schrieb am Samstag, 8. April 2023 um 22:18:45 UTC+2:

> https://youtu.be/_t0TVi-9TUo
> From my understanding this was the Swiss prototype system before barcode 
> was widely used. Nixies are briefly shown at about 1 minute and 2:30 minute 
> marks.
> Any guesses about the tube type?
>

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