The scanner operates off your computer PS/2 keyboard or USB port (depending on the specific scanner version), so this swiping action caused the CRQ software included with the unit to launch your web browser and go to the specific web page for the bar code that was swiped. The motivation behind this free giveaway was for people to use these scanners to swipe ordinary product UPC's as well as special bar codes called cues that appeared in the Radio Shack catalog and other print publications like Wired and Forbes. Although Digital Convergence has gone bankrupt, the company gave away in excess of 10 million of these scanners, so they'll be turning up in thrift stores and eBay auctions for years to come. The free scanner could be picked up at virtually any RadioShack store in the United States.
Using the Cue Cat Scanner to Catalog CED Titlesįrom August 2000 until early 2002 a company called Digital Convergence was giving away for free an optical bar code scanner called the CueCat that can scan a variety of bar codes including the 12-digit Universal Product Code (UPC) found on the back of CED caddies. Using the Cue Cat Optical Reader to Catalog CED Titles
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