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- From: pegram@emba-news.uvm.edu.UUCP (Robert B. Pegram)
- Subject: ST POS exists was Re: Barcode reader for ST
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.221615.8152@uvm.edu>
- Originator: pegram@griffin.emba.uvm.edu
- Sender: news@uvm.edu
- Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility
- References: <1993Jan20.170508.15279@csi.uottawa.ca>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:16:15 GMT
- Lines: 40
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- From article <1993Jan20.170508.15279@csi.uottawa.ca>, by cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca (Christopher Browne):
- > In article <19930120.061509.120@almaden.ibm.com> evilandi@vnet.ibm.com (Andrew Oakley) writes:
- >>In <L8VNXB1w165w@status.gen.nz>,ursulus@status.gen.nz (malcolm fletcher) wrote:
- Edited down:
-
- >>
- >>:HELP! I'm thinking of writing a point of sale package on the ST but want
- >>:to use a barcode reader, so does anybody know;
- >>:A) Of a Barcode reader that will read Book/Mag barcodes and is low priced
- >
- > Look for something that interfaces via RS-232, and it should be quite
- > easy to interface it to an Atari ST. RS-422 might be acceptable -
- > you'd need some hardware to translate to RS-232, though.
- >
- >>:C) Even better would be a Point Of Sale software package I could use!
- >>:Any help would be greatly appreciated
- >
- > A POS probably ought to use a single board computers/industrial
- > controllers. Alternatively, there ARE manufacturers that make
- > cash-drawers that are I*M compatible. That's probably a more
- > effective platform for POS than the Atari.
- >
- > --
- > Christopher Browne | PGP 2.0 key available
- > cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca |======================================
- > University of Ottawa | Genius may have its limitations, but
- > Master of System Science Program | stupidity is not thus handicapped.
-
- A friend recently went into a regional chain store (toys? pets? I
- forget) and it was running a midi networked ST POS. Also there is at
- least one company that does POS for both the PC and the ST. If you
- need more info, I could contact my friend and raid the archives for
- the names of 1) the chain with the system and 2) the company that sells
- the ST POS s/w.
-
- Bob Pegram
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