Telxon PTC-710 Portable Barcode Data Terminal RS-232 RJ-11 Pencil Wand AS-IS

Telxon PTC-710 Portable Barcode Data Terminal RS-232 RJ-11 Pencil Wand AS-IS

The Telxon PTC-710 is a handheld portable barcode data terminal designed for warehouse, retail, and inventory data collection applications. It features a full alphanumeric keypad, an LCD display, and a detachable pencil wand for scanning barcodes, communicating with host systems via RS-232. This unit powers on and the display is functional; however, it has not been fully tested and is being sold AS-IS for parts or repair with no warranty.

Specifications & What's Included

• Model: Telxon PTC-710
• CPU: V20H / 80C88, 5 MHz clock speed
• Memory: 256KB RAM (per rear label); architecture supports 1MB upgradeable to 2MB
• ROM: 64KB EPROM for applications
• Operating System: TCOS or MS-DOS compatible
• Communication: RS-232 interface
• Telecom port: Built-in RJ-11
• Bottom connector: DB-25 female (RS-232 host/cradle connection)
• Scanner input: Detachable pencil wand (included); also supports external laser scanners such as the Symbol LS-2000
• Display: LCD, visible and functional on power-up
• Country of manufacture: USA (per rear label)
• Included: Unit with attached pencil wand and coiled cable
• Not included: Manual, cradle, power supply, or other peripherals

Applications

The Telxon PTC-710 belongs to a generation of ruggedized handheld portable data terminals that were widely used in warehouse and distribution, retail inventory, and manufacturing environments from the late 1980s through the 1990s. These devices ran proprietary operating systems like Telxon's own TCOS or embedded MS-DOS, and communicated with host computers or backend systems via RS-232 serial connections or cradle-based batch uploads. The PTC-710 was particularly common in retail point-of-sale support, stockroom inventory counting, and receiving operations. Today, units like this are sought for legacy system support, spare parts, repair, and vintage computing collections. The RS-232 serial interface and pencil wand design are hallmarks of this era of handheld data collection equipment, before wireless RF and Bluetooth terminals became standard.