I'd like to transition our medium sized coffee/shop bakery to some kind of open Linux cash register. I say register because I don't need the advanced features of a POS, i.e., inventory control, invoices, etc. I'd like to replicate what we have now which is this: http://www.cashregisterstore.com/xcart/product.php?productid=77&cat=23&page=1
Flat PLU buttons for drinks and pastries, electronic reporting, VAT tax, i.e., our prices include sales tax and are rounded off to the quarter. We program a flat key for $2.25 and the Casio takes care of adding the tax to the total price, reporting the taxes at the end of the day on the Z report and breaking it down on a customer's receipt. With a ton of professional IBM POS terminals (all x86 based, infrared touch screens) available on eBay, I thought I could recycle some old hardware and run a Linux ncurses based simple cash register. Something configured with a text file. But I can't find anything in the Debian repos or via Google. The closest was Kvark but it's written in Russian and seems abandoned: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kvark/ The Casio has no network capabilities; is very difficult to program; writes the Z reports to a compact flash which must be physically pulled from the machine at the end of the night or get a paper Z report; has cryptic error codes when one of the baristas does something it doesn't like; is very closed hardware and software wise. I'd like to stay away from proprietary systems if I can. iPad POS systems (Shopkeep; Square register) are all the rage these days amongst espresso shops like ours but I don't do Apple and the hardware is not up to snuff (consumer grade; wireless only; delicate ports) behind a bar with hot liquids and food, in my opinion. Any simple Linux cash registers out there? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120723050342.GA17619@phobos
