CASH REGISTER FAILURES?????

[jano]

I NEED TO LOOK FOR THE MOST TYPICAL FAILURES ON CASH REGISTER. THANKS

 

[Jamie]

taking money from people instead of giving it out ?


jano wrote:

I NEED TO LOOK FOR THE MOST TYPICAL FAILURES ON CASH REGISTER. THANKS

 

[Ed Price]

"jano" <redy69@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I NEED TO LOOK FOR THE MOST TYPICAL FAILURES ON CASH REGISTER. THANKS

From my personal observations, the most likely failure of a cash register is
the human interface. Perhaps buttons should be larger, or the keys arranged
differently.

In any case, ordinary "cash registers" are quite rare in my part of the
world (Southern California); most registers now incorporate bar code
scanners and weight scales, and are more of a computer terminal with a cash
drawer than a stand-alone device.

Ed

 

[Chaos Master]

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"jano" <redy69@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I NEED TO LOOK FOR THE MOST TYPICAL FAILURES ON CASH REGISTER. THANKS



From my personal observations, the most likely failure of a cash register is
the human interface. Perhaps buttons should be larger, or the keys arranged
differently.

In any case, ordinary "cash registers" are quite rare in my part of the
world (Southern California); most registers now incorporate bar code
scanners and weight scales, and are more of a computer terminal with a cash
drawer than a stand-alone device.

Same here in Brazil, and I can already see a "failure mode" for them:

- Most PC-based "cash registers" I've seen run Windows configured to boot
directly into the special software (a line in the registry AFAIK); there is no
way to properly shutdown it as the keyboard is "custom".

Since the machines have no CTRL+ALT+DEL, ALT+F4, no way to shutdown...

And getting a Visual C++ runtime error while there's a lot of people waiting to
pay, is no fun. :/

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