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Remember the Telxon Scanner?

Throwback to 1992! Meet the Telxon scanner—one of the earliest in-home scanning devices used by ACNielsen Homescan Consumer Panel members.

Telxon scanner

Here are some interesting facts about the Telxon scanner:

Landline transmission
Panel members had to dial a toll-free number and follow voice instructions. To transmit shopping data, they placed the scanner’s speaker against the phone’s mouthpiece, pressed the YES key, and waited for a steady tone. Once it …

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