or as it was (ridiculously) trademarked ":CueCat".
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuecat ]
Unfortunately, these are the PC only models, not USB models, so are basically useless to me. If you want one, ask. I’ll let ’em go for the price of shipping and handling.
The barcoder can be used for other things, such as a Librarything ISBN scanner ( www.librarything.com/cuecat )
never did throw these away, though they just are taking up shelf space…