Claims
- 1. A hand-held data collection terminal system, comprising:
- (a) a hand-held data terminal having a housing said housing including:
- (1) a front portion having a removable endcap,
- (2) a bottom portion having a removable door,
- (3) a user input and output, and
- (4) a battery opening for removably receiving an electrochemical power cell;
- (b) an interchangeable feature endcap for removable attachment to said front portion upon removal of said removable endcap;
- (c) an interchangeable feature pod for removable attachment to said bottom portion upon removal of said removable door;
- (d) an electrochemical power cell; and
- (e) said hand-held data terminal including a microprocessor circuit for controlling terminal functions and for communicating data and control signals to and from said terminal according to a predetermined operational mode of the microprocessor circuit of said terminal and said interchangeable feature endcap and said interchangeable feature pod.
- 2. The hand-held data collection terminal system according to claim 1, wherein said interchangeable feature endcap is a data port endcap.
- 3. The hand-held data collection terminal system according to claim 1, wherein said interchangeable feature endcap is an optical character set reader.
- 4. The hand-held data collection terminal system according to claim 1, wherein said interchangeable feature pod is a radio transceiver.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 08/526,502 filed on Sep. 11, 1995.
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