Hi there
I've seen several USB barcode scanners as cheap as $25 on eBay. In the PC world these things just pretty much spew out whatever they read, and the computer treats it kind of like a keyboard.
What I'm doing here, is I've got a small business which, of course, I refuse to infect with Windows ;-) and I'd like to keep using my old G3 laptop, which is already primed with a new copy of Quickbooks, as the POS computer. I would like to get a barcode scanner and a credit card swiper, as well as a 10 key pad for entering the PIN with. That way, I could scan in all my merchandise so I know how much is on hand at any time, and when to reorder it. I could also do things 'the right way' in terms of having it do my credit card transactions, I could even get an airport card for it-wifi based CC processing on the go! Very handy at bike events and such.
Has anyone here been able to set up their Mac as a POS machine, and if so, what software/hardware did you use?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I've seen several USB barcode scanners as cheap as $25 on eBay. In the PC world these things just pretty much spew out whatever they read, and the computer treats it kind of like a keyboard.
What I'm doing here, is I've got a small business which, of course, I refuse to infect with Windows ;-) and I'd like to keep using my old G3 laptop, which is already primed with a new copy of Quickbooks, as the POS computer. I would like to get a barcode scanner and a credit card swiper, as well as a 10 key pad for entering the PIN with. That way, I could scan in all my merchandise so I know how much is on hand at any time, and when to reorder it. I could also do things 'the right way' in terms of having it do my credit card transactions, I could even get an airport card for it-wifi based CC processing on the go! Very handy at bike events and such.
Has anyone here been able to set up their Mac as a POS machine, and if so, what software/hardware did you use?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!