Timeline for First mention of barcodes in science fiction
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| Apr 12 at 19:52 | answer | added | Anton Sherwood | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 11 at 14:52 | comment | added | Yorik | @DavidTonhofer that's just punch cards which is what one would use to program a computer and heaven help you if the feeder mangled your cards or you dropped the box on the floor scattering them. Not barcodes but could be seen as such. | |
| Apr 11 at 14:51 | comment | added | Yorik | re: Pern the wiki lists books which mention or feature the computer and they seem to be 1990 and after. | |
| Apr 11 at 7:07 | answer | added | J-J-J | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 6 at 16:27 | comment | added | David Tonhofer | I had a vague recollection of a cover for "The Programmed People" sporting barcodes but after some research, the 1963-06 cover of "Amazing Stories" just shows a surreal image of people afflicted by some kind of punch code or maybe music box code (?): Amazing Stories, June 1963 | |
| Apr 6 at 9:21 | comment | added | Danny Mc G | Thinking about my own question and there was one of the Pern Dragonrider books where they unearthed the original colony computer - I think they were mystified by the barcodes on the electronic spares - but I can't remember the book or publication date | |
| Apr 6 at 3:03 | answer | added | DavidW | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 6 at 2:39 | answer | added | user14111 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 6 at 0:34 | comment | added | Judith Jones | There are probably earlier examples. Dark Angel a 90s TV show had barcodes on the necks of created chimera children. | |
| Apr 6 at 0:18 | history | edited | DavidW |
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