FYI.
Jul. 23, 2001
Austin, TX -- (press release excerpt) -- Wincor Nixdorf Inc. today
announced that The Home Depot has chosen the BEETLE/Mobile
Point-of-Sale (POS) platform for supporting their mobile inventory
management applications in the company's Expo Design Center stores.
Wincor Nixdorf's Mobile POS incorporates a standard BEETLE system
with DC power supply mounted on a cart; it is powered by a standard
12-volt battery and delivers more than 20 hours of continuous
operation. The BEETLE POS systems uses Red Hat Linux as its embedded
operating system. The systems also offer an expansive and complete
set of JavaPOS drivers for POS peripherals.
The Home Depot will deploy the Mobile POS for pricing and ordering in
the store, using its ability to update prices and print labels on the
spot. The systems are being installed in existing Expo Design Centers
and will be used in all new Expo Design Center stores going forward.
Untethered by power or network cables, the Mobile POS can be used as
a full cash wrap on wheels and as a store management system for
inventory, shelf labeling, and other functions. The Mobile POS
provides handwriting recognition capability through Wincor Nixdorf's
12.1" TFT resistive touch screen. The systems provide wireless
connection to The Home Depot's store LANs using 802.11 RF networking.
LinuxPOS
Check out this independent review of LinuxPOS by Brian Walters in the
March, 1999 edition of the Linux Journal.
LinuxPOS is a premier point of sale application and is now installed in
locations in Canada, United States and Australia.
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Design Notes
Designed for low end systems (486/66 or better), LinuxPOS is written
using a mixture of Tcl/Tk for the front end and C for some backend
hardware code. The database was designed at Linux Canada Inc.
Evaluation Copy
If you would like a copy of this outstanding POS application for
evaluation purposes you may download a copy from our downloads page.
To review the LinuxPOS License Agreement Click Here.
International Translations
LinuxPOS is very easy to translate to different languages. If you wish
to attempt translating LinuxPOS to your native language you can contact
us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] We will be happy to send you an evaluation
copy and instructions. Of course we would like to get a sample of your
work back to place on our web site for others to view.
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