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FreePOS is a full featured multiuser/multiterminal restaurant POS software package. It has table, bar, carryout/delivery modes as well as high end features like automatic print redirection and integrated credit card processing. Everything you need for 2 terminals and a back office machine. Register the software for even more features.

FreePOS is downloadable from http://www.positive-feedback.net

Worth a look for sure

HA! nothing can beat Dale's POS program! esp this piece of junk (positive-feedback.net)

I wish that software was a lot easier to configure. I'll stick with Dale's software...no need to setup servers and all that jazz if I want to run a simple store! It's not worth the aggravation.

Hi Tim,

What kind of store do you run, and do you use an EPOS system? e.g. IBM SurePOS?

Just out of intrest.

There are two...

Over the summer, I use Dale's program to manage a small camp store at a summer camp.

I've also got a bar/lounge which currently doesn't have a POS system, but I'm looking to bring one in soon...and it will also most likely by DHPOS.

double posted - see below

May I reccomend the IBM SurePOS 500w series unit for your bar. It's a touch screen unit with the ability to send an order to a receipt printer in a kitchen, etc...

It is IBM's food service industry model.

US Price: NEW FROM IBM $6,605.00 USED FROM EBAY $800.00 to $3,800.00.



The spec's are below:

Hardware
Processor1 2.0GHz Intel® Celeron® (400MHz FSB)

Storage
System memory2 128MB (2GB maximum)

Video memory (shared with system memory) 8MB to 64MB UMA

Hard disk drive3 40GB standard or optional 512MB CompactFlash4

System dimensions and weight
Maximum dimensions (WxDxH) 12-inch: 321x325x384 (mm)/
12.6x12.8x15.1 (inches) (without MSR)
15-inch: 383x338x410 (mm)/
15.1x13.3x16.1 (inches) (without MSR)
17-inch: 414x383x413 (mm)/
16.3x15.1x16.3 (inches) (without MSR)

Weight 12-inch: 23 lbs/10.5 kg (without MSR)
15-inch: 24.5 lbs/11.1 kg (without MSR)
17-inch: 30.2 lbs/13.7 kg (without MSR)

Power requirements Universal Switched Power Supply
76W typical/200W maximum

Connectivity
Powered, standard and PC USB
RS-232
Parallel port
PS/2 keyboard/mouse
RJ45 Ethernet
S/VGA video
Audio mic-in/line-out
Headphone
Cash drawer

Peripheral options5
Secondary displays IBM SurePoint™ Solution (touch and non-touch)
Distributed, pole-mounted, 40-character customer display
Integrated 40-character customer display
All-points-addressable character graphics display

Printers IBM SureMark™ standard and fiscal printers

Keyboard CANPOS keyboard (includes 32 programmable keys, numeric keypad and pointing device)

Cash drawers Full size and compact

Integration trays Fits on full-size and compact cash drawers, as well as countertop

Magnetic stripe readers Three track or JUCC

Expansion options
External 1.44MB diskette drive
External CD-ROM
PC card slot

Software
Operating systems6 Microsoft® Windows® 2000
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition7
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded
IBM Retail Environment for SUSE LINUX
IBM PC DOS 2000
Novell SUSE LINUX Solution (SLRS)

Drivers supported OPOS and JavaPOS™

Industry standards
Systems management WfM
SMBIOS
WOL
PXE

Power management8 APM and ACPI

Thanks for the recommendation, but it's about $6,605.00 out of our budget.

Although, that certainly is a beautiful piece of equipment...I'll keep it in the back of my mind.

Thats the one down point about IBM, their to expensive

I suppose you could just get a basic computer and accessories off of ebay or something like that!

IBM's last for almost forever, so that it the biggest plus point with them!

For sure...I love IBM products. Hopefully my studies of computer engeering will land me in a great job at a place like IBM. (My college is about 20 miles from the IBM plant in Highland, NY.)

Same here... IBM products are the best. I used to have an old PC330 which I blew up by accident, and it was made in 1997 and I had it until 2003. It was only 122mHz and it was lightening fast.