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"Post your hardware" list

Post by GAWG » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:16 am

Hi
This is for people wondering what equipment others successfully use with Dale's POS ...just jot down the info and I'll tidy it up in a main list in this post as an edit.

For complete register setups, if you have the model # (ie - Compuregister "moneytaker 1200"), if applicable, please specify.

danke!



[printer]
Axiohm 756 Serial printer
Epson TM-u200P
Epson TM-270 Serial port printer converted to LPT1
Epson TM-T88IIIP
Epson TM-U300B
Epson TM-H6000
HP OfficeJet K80xi
Star TSP700
Star TSP743 Serial printer
Panasonic KX-P4401 Page Printer Laser Printer


[cash box]
Logic Control 3000 (epson)
Cashbases Slimline/Narrow cashdrawer
Logic CR3002 [changes to Serial1.bat]
-MODE COM1 96,N,8,1
-ECHO ^G>COM1
MMF Mod # 225-2240T04-04 W/Media Slot

[scanner]
HHP 3800LR12 Keyboard Wedge


[Etc.]
Microtec Touchscreen monitor - 15 inch w/ drivers for 95 and DOS
Digital DecPOS2 (IEE) pole display RJ-45 Serial


[complete register setups]
Compuregister
DecPOS2
IBM 4694-207 SurePOS Narrow
Digital DecPOS2 P166/64Mb RAM/4.3Gb HDD
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Re: "Post your hardware" list

Post by ChrisKraus » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:32 pm

GAWG wrote:Hi
This is for people wondering what equipment others successfully use with Dale's POS ...just jot down the info and I'll tidy it up in a main list in this post as an edit.
danke!

ex:
[printer]
[cash box]
[scanner]
[add-on]
<HR>
There Is Already A Page With This Information
Go To: http://keyhut.com/rprinter.htm

- Chris :)
- Chris
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Post by GAWG » Wed Mar 03, 2004 5:59 pm

Hi

Thanks for the link. I am familiar with the page, but there is no list of what people have used successfully. There is, tho, some links to people who sell equipment, and interested users would have to click each one and only see what is being offered by these vendors. And compared to all the various sources of POS suppliers, there's not too many. What I was hoping to do was just have a simple list of units that people have found to work without having to wade through limited vendors' supply lists, who may not even sell in someone's (global) location.

When equipment purchases for free software exceeds the cost of a comparable cash register it makes it more difficult to justify the expenses. I'm sure there's many people who don't mind shelling out a few bucks for used equipment found elsewhere, models that may not be on those vendors' lists.

The more, the merrier.
:)

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POS Equiptment

Post by ChrisKraus » Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:27 pm

I know that Symbol makes some good POS Equiptment, espcially Barcode Scanners.

:arrow: Symbol - http://www.symbol.com/

- Chris :)
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Post by GAWG » Wed Mar 17, 2004 6:41 pm

Printer:
Epson Tm-u200P version D

For XP, it was tuff to find them, but can DL the drivers here:
http://pos.epson.com/pointofsale/windrivers.html
I used the The Advanced Printer Driver Set, but you have to select Tm-U210 to get it to work ;)

Cash drawer
Logic Controls 3000 epson interface

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My setup

Post by okiepc » Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:59 pm

I aquired 2 complete Compuregister setups, they are a little older model, but they work with DHPos so well.

Cherry keyboard
both 14 & 9 inch monitors
Citizen idp 3540 serial printers
compuregister cash drawer

These have actual motherboard setup, with hard drive and all like an actual computer so I have Win98se loaded and when I do not need DHPos
I can surf the web, check E-mail, since I have it on cable internet. I am able to play music through my speakers, make a sound cd of specials and play it during the day, can order parts from vendors, check internet prices of products, really nice. Only took me two years :| to get this all figured out but thanks to Dale for all his hard work, I can boast about my systems.

okiepc

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My registers

Post by Alan » Thu Mar 18, 2004 2:49 am

I was a retail repair engineer (finish 04/06/04) so I have worked on just about everything retail!

At the Gylemuir Community Centre (a charity webcafe) we have:
1x Dell Optiplex GX1 DT PII/400, 256Mb RAM, 20Gb HDD
1x Cashbases Narrow cashdrawer
1x Epson TM-H6000P
1x Barcode keyboard wedge scanner (AT type with PS/2 converter)

At home these are my main PC's:
1x Compaq Presario S4490UK, P4 2.8CGhz, 512Mb RAM, 120Gb HDD
1x Compaq Presario S6300UK, Cel 2.8Ghz, 640Mb RAM, 120Gb HDD
(both WinXP Home)

In my workshop:
PC Base/Tills/Monitors
1x IBM 4694-X07 SurePOS Narrow PIII-850/160Mb RAM/20Gb HDD
1x Dell Optiplex GX1 MT PII/400, 160Mb RAM, 40Gb HDD
2x Digital DecPOS2 P166/64Mb RAM/4.3Gb HDD
2x Digital DecPOS2 (IEE) pole display RJ-45 Serial
1x Dell 17" Black Colour monitor
1x CTX 1792 17" Colour monitor
1x Digital DecPOS2 10" Colour monitor
1x Wincor Nixdorf 10" Colour Monitor
Printers
2x Epson TM-T88IIIP White (par/ser convertible)
1x Epson TM-T88IIIP Black (par/ser convertible)
1x Cashbases Narrow cashdrawer
1x Star TSP743 Serial printer
1x Epson TM-U200A Serial printer (par/ser convertible)
2x Axiohm 756 Serial printer
2x Zebra/Eltron LP2443 Parallel

Alan
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Re: My setup

Post by GAWG » Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:14 am

okiepc wrote:I aquired 2 complete Compuregister setups, they are a little older model, but they work with DHPos so well.

Cherry keyboard
both 14 & 9 inch monitors
Citizen idp 3540 serial printers
compuregister cash drawer

These have actual motherboard setup, with hard drive and all like an actual computer so I have Win98se loaded and when I do not need DHPos
I can surf the web, check E-mail, since I have it on cable internet. I am able to play music through my speakers, make a sound cd of specials and play it during the day, can order parts from vendors, check internet prices of products, really nice. Only took me two years :| to get this all figured out but thanks to Dale for all his hard work, I can boast about my systems.

okiepc
is there a model type for these Compuregisters? (ie - compuregister "Money taker 1200" model)

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Post by okiepc » Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:06 am

I have never found a model number or name, just on the front where the keyboard seats is a plate with Compuregister embossed on it.
The boards used are of a 486 type using 72 pin simms memory, on one I have the memory up to 96meg, the other I have replaced the old board that went haywire, with an intel board using an Intel 200mhz processor with memory around 128 meg, this is my main register where I have all the bells and whistles.

I wish I could give a better answer
okiepc

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Post by GAWG » Sat Mar 20, 2004 7:41 pm

No prob.
Thx for the reply

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Post by Adam Ward » Sat Mar 27, 2004 11:02 pm

At work we will be using an Eposn TM-270 Serial printer converted to LPT1, two other Epson printer models (sorry forgot the models but they're Thermal receipt printers). Ad far as equipment goes, We'll be using a Pentium 2 400 mhz as the 'Back Office' computer running on NT Server (4). The workstations (3) will be either Compaqs I have lying around here or a few of the Dells we found at the job.

Here are the choices we have:
  • Compaq Prolinea 5120 with a 504 mb hd and 48 mb RAM
    Compaq DeskPro 4/66 with a 250 mb hd and 4 mb RAM
    AST Advantage 6066D 5x86 133 w/ a 400 mb drive and 8 mb RAM
    Dell 433 upgraded to 66 mhz with 16 mb RAM
    And last but not least an IBM Aptiva PII 400 fitted into a clone case as the server
Adam C. Ward
Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada

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The Setup We Use

Post by Cool Cat » Sun Mar 28, 2004 11:29 pm

We at Cool Cat Sales are using a AMD K6-2 CPU with 128 meg ram and 20 gig hard drive and Windows 98 SE.
Our Printer is an old Panasonic KX-P4401 Page Printer Laser Printer.
We just installed a Logic-Controls CR3002 Serial interface, Self-Powered(know external power adapter or printer diver circuit to open drawer) that know is supported in ver 5.03 Thank you Dale.
We us a standerd windows key board.
This setup works great for use with very little cash lay out.
The drawer is avalable from Barcode MegaStore at a very nice price.

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Post by Adam Ward » Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:39 pm

Our test system is a clone.

Pentium 150 mhz with PS2 mouse port, 32 mb of RAM a 261 mb hdd (clone).
Epson TM-270 Serial port printer converted to LPT1
Logitech USB/PS2 scroll Mouse w/ 95 and DOS drivers
Microtec Touchscreen monitor - 15 inch w/ drivers for 95 and DOS
Adam C. Ward
Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada

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Now My Specs

Post by cmputerman » Fri Apr 02, 2004 5:02 am

Here is just one of our (worst) computers. The other ones are much better (1.5GHZ PRocessor 512 RAM)


Computer 1:
75MHZ Intel Pentium Processor
250MB HDD
Floppy Drive
Windows 98
8MB RAM
No CDROM
VERY old Austin Laptop
NO USB
LPT1 Printer is a HP Deskjet 722C

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Our Store Equipment List

Post by Northern Supply Co. Inc. » Sat Apr 24, 2004 11:45 am

Computer=Dell Computer= Dimension 2350 Windows XP
Monitor=Dell Monitor= E772c
Printer=HP OfficeJet= K80xi
Bar Code Scanner=HHP 3800LR12 Keyboard Wedge
Receipt Printer= Epson TM-T88IIIP
Cash Drawer= MMF Mod # 225-2240T04-04 W/Media Slot

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