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Barcode generator for Optical Wand? Message #1 Posted by Timo on 14 Feb 2010, 10:52 a.m. I was just reading a PDF about the optical wand for the HP 41 series calculators. And I started to wonder whether anyone has ever developed a software tool for converting program listings (maybe devloped on a HP-41 PC-emulator) into a barcode that can be printed and loaded into the HP-41 using the optical wand? Using such a tool all you'd have to do is enter the program once on a PC, run the software and the result would be the barcode. This way you could store your programs either as a listing or barcode on your PC and print them out to upload them into the HP anytime you need them. All I know is, that back in the "active days" of these calculators you could send a program listing to HP and they would print a barcode interpretation for you for relatively affordable amounts of money. Maybe this service has been ported to a software solution already? Looking forward to your replies, Timo

Re: Barcode generator for Optical Wand? Message #2 Posted by Egan Ford on 14 Feb 2010, 11:09 a.m., in response to message #1 by Timo Use HP41UC. Read this recent thread: http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv019.cgi?read=158818 Other threads: http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv018.cgi?read=144063 http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv018.cgi?read=140472, jump to message 9. Also try from Google: site:hpmuseum.org barcode Edited: 14 Feb 2010, 11:23 a.m.

Re: Barcode generator for Optical Wand? Message #3 Posted by Timo on 14 Feb 2010, 4:16 p.m., in response to message #2 by Egan Ford Thanks for the links, that's exactly what I thought about! Seems it's really worth looking out for an optical wand now...

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