Why create e-waste and spend money you don't have to when your existing retro hardware not only works fine but gives customers something to talk about?
I wish more people thought this way.
Why create e-waste and spend money you don't have to when your existing retro hardware not only works fine but gives customers something to talk about?
I wish more people thought this way.
What are those symbols printed on the side of the keycaps?
That's how you can draw basic things on the c64. It's showing the alternative symbols for the key.
What do you suppose is the name of the point-of-sale software they're using?
Could have been made by someone local. They are likely using the SD card drive by now. I hope... I didn't get to read the full article as it asked me to sign in and I aborted.
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The C64 Mini and C64 Maxi are readily available today and affordably priced, making spare parts easily accessible.
If those work well enough for them, I cannot see any benefit of upgrading.
How do they save transactions reliably? To floppy? Or tape?
What if the disk/tape is full.
I love it, but seems a bit flakey
They probably don't and it's just for pricing and printing receipts...
I guess they could record the sales using carbon copy receipt paper.
Realistically it only needs to hold info for the day. It's a bakery. They just need to know how much money should be in the cash drawer.
They make user port carts with SD cards that basically function as hard drives these days (though I doubt they would be using them). There is also paper as a record which may meet any requirements they have.
I know north American c64s had power supply issues and I think capacitor issues. I imagine the latter is true there as well, though not sure about the former
Yes, you can get a replacement power supply.
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