serial port access question

[Terry Reedy]

In article <38123003.478687745 at news.usenetserver.com>, 
mdlatham at mail1.scottsboro.org says...
>
>i've got a handheld scanner that stores up to 500 records at a time.
>I'd like to set up a python application to store values that it gets
>from a serial port, reads into an array, then massage the data for
>passing on to oracle. I understand everything but the serial port
>access with python. Any help greatly appreciated.

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Terry J. Reedy