24 Apr
1998
24 Apr
'98
7:28 p.m.
Max Eskin wrote:
In general, I would say that the amount of old
machines is greater
than a given reasonable estimate (ie there's always one more).
Also, I'm wondering how many simple cash registers will have to be
taken out of service.
The _simple_ cash registers will keep plugging along doing what they
do best. As far as I can tell, they're not particularly sensitive
to what century they're in. The complex fancy new-fangled registers
are a whole nother story -- anybody know what types of systems are
most used at the other end of the cables attached to the laser
bar-code readers? Not an industry I've dealt with much except as a
consumer. (I know damned well there are a few NCR registers still
in service from the 19th century -- they should make the transition
to the 21st without a hickup.)
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