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A portable data collection terminal system has a housing having a display screen with coincident graphic data input and a keyboard on the frontal side thereof. An accessory pod, having a width less than the width of the display screen and a handgrip extension adapted to hold a selected accessory dev

A portable data collection terminal system has a housing having a display screen with coincident graphic data input and a keyboard on the frontal side thereof. An accessory pod, having a width less than the width of the display screen and a handgrip extension adapted to hold a selected accessory device, such as a laser scanner, is disposed on the housing, opposite said frontal side. The accessory pod has one or two activation, diaphragm-type switches disposed in a pod wall disposed transversely to the handgrip extension and extending outwardly from, opposite the frontal side, the housing. The switch or switches are connected in parallel, if more than one, and are disposed near an end of the pod wall such that they are operable by either a user's thumb or finger.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] Data terminal apparatus comprising:(a) power means for operating said apparatus;(b) a housing including, in the face thereof, a first portion having a display screen and a second portion having a keyboard having a plurality of keys, said housing further including an acces

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] Data terminal apparatus comprising:(a) power means for operating said apparatus;(b) a housing including, in the face thereof, a first portion having a display screen and a second portion having a keyboard having a plurality of keys, said housing further including an accessory panel having a handgrip portion, which has a width less than that of said first portion and which has a remote scanner adapted to read indicia disposed on a surface external and separate from said apparatus such that the apparatus does not contact the surface external and separate from said apparatus during scanning thereof;(c) pen activated digitizing data input structure means, including an underlay disposed adjacent to said display screen; and(d) circuit means including:(1) means for shutting down said apparatus during periods of inactivity, said circuit means including non-volatile memory means and further including means for trapping input-output instructions of said apparatus and for storing said input-output instructions in said non-volatile memory means, and(2) means for recognizing, after said shutting down, a first attempted input through any one of said plurality of keys as a command to resume operation instead of recognizing said first attempted input as an input of the function normally executed by the respective one of said plurality of keys.