Cauzin Softstrip was the first commercial 2D barcode format, introduced in 1985

by arduinomancer on 1/26/2025, 6:49:56 PM with 2 comments

  • by superconduct123 on 1/26/2025, 6:54:01 PM

    Tech Tangents did a good video on that recently

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIGotStRCkA

    The idea was you could use the scanner instead of manually typing in programs from magazines

  • by arduinomancer on 1/26/2025, 6:56:15 PM

    I’m curious if this system would have some sort of checksum to know if the data was loaded correctly?

    I guess a more general question: do barcodes have checksums? Or QR codes for that matter?