Paul Mcenroe

Aug 21, 2023 | itwire.com | Paul Mcenroe |David Heath

About four pages in and I just knew that I was going to enjoy this book about the invention of the barcode and all the equipment required to support it. The first chapter opens with the observation that these days, "Ten billion or more times each day, electronic scanners 'read' data encoded in black-and-white codes-barcodes-printed on or affixed to physical goods." But in the 1960s, the retail market was dominated by huge, complex NCR cash registers.