On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Adam Keck wrote: AK>Anyone play with these things (and associated Perl/php tools)? I just got AK>4 of 'em from a local Radio Shack for free. My coworkers and I are about AK>to attempt to setup a backup tape tracking system with them. I was AK>wondering if anyone had any comments on them. i've played with them. there were a few articles on Slashdot (slashdot.org) that led me to several "tools"... i have a couple Perl scripts that take the code and rip out the real information. (if you want them, they are free for the taking, as far as i know. drop me a line.) I also found a website where the scan would be decrypted online... all-told, it's worth what you pay for it. unless you feel like writing something that takes the output from something like those Perl scripts and does something useful with it, the CueCat is "just a toy"... Digital Convergence didn't have any plans for putting out anything for the Linux crowd last i checked. -- William Smith wsmith@chezsmith.com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com My resume is online at http://www.chezsmith.com/resume.html