[Alexandria-list] CueCat scanners, was: Website

[Petr Vanek]

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:45:47 -0400
"Lissa Potter" <potter.lissa at gmail.com> (LP) wrote:

LP> On 4/10/07, Joseph Method <tristil at gmail.com> wrote:
LP> > But it was free right? Mine came in a box in the mail. I had no
LP> > idea what it was, or what I would use it for, and eventually
LP> > threw it away :(. I am thinking that we should replace the CueCat
LP> > description with a plug for another barcode scanner that works
LP> > with Linux, the way that Delicious Library sells a (very
LP> > expensive) barcode scanner on their web page. Can anyone make a
LP> > recommendation for a (preferably cheap) barcode scanner that
LP> > works?
LP> 
LP> The problem is that the CueCat is about the only cheap scanner out
LP> there. There are a ton of different kinds of scanners, most over
LP> US$100 used. Some attach via USB, some via PS2, some require
LP> keyboard wedges, some are serial. Then there are the pen scanners,
LP> which have never worked well.


I would disagree. After similiar kind of discussions i got the CueCat
long time ago. I got it working with 2.4 kernel and have to say that the
result was terrible: i guess i had one correct scan out of five. After
this I got a "regular" scanner through ebay for less than 30$ and am
very happy ever since. This was about 18months ago. Currently I can
administer my library without a choke when friends of mine come and get
some books - one scan to get a book included into library, second
scan to set it as borrowed. No second scanning, except when i have to
switch keyboard to disable my Czech character on the numeric keys.

If you have better results with the CueCat, lucky you :-)

Cheers

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