Databar OSCAR
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== Links and references == | == Links and references == | ||
| − | * [https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-321-databar-oscar | + | * [https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-321-databar-oscar Interviews with Don Picard (Executive Editor of Databar magazine), Kim Garretson (publisher of the magazine), and Neal Enzenauer (principal engineer for OSCAR)] |
* [https://archive.org/details/DatabarMagazineAtariEdition Databar Magazine - Atari edition] | * [https://archive.org/details/DatabarMagazineAtariEdition Databar Magazine - Atari edition] | ||
* [https://archive.org/details/DatabarMagazineCommodoreEdition Databar Magazine - Commodore edition] | * [https://archive.org/details/DatabarMagazineCommodoreEdition Databar Magazine - Commodore edition] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:32, 28 July 2023
The DATABAR Oscar was an optical bar code scanner used to input program code into computers such as Atari 1200XL/1400XL, Atari 400/600/800, Commodore Pet, Commodore VIC 20/64, TI99/4A and TRS 80.
Regarding the computer it acts as an ordinary cassette reader.
Only one issue of Databar - The Monthly Bar Code Software Magazine was published
[edit] Links and references
- Interviews with Don Picard (Executive Editor of Databar magazine), Kim Garretson (publisher of the magazine), and Neal Enzenauer (principal engineer for OSCAR)
- Databar Magazine - Atari edition
- Databar Magazine - Commodore edition
- Databar Magazine - TI 99/4A edition
- Software decoder for databar sheets
- Explanation of how to decode it
- Images of hardware, scanning practice sheet, manual
