Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough"Printing
On Saturday 20 January 2024 07:56:16 pm gene heskett wrote:
> We may even already
> have a POS system you could use. I know for a fact one of the local
> grocery stores here in this village of around 6000 is running something
> on linux in the checkout lanes, I saw it boot up after a power failure
> before the actual app was auto-started. What that app was, no one had
> been instructed as it was totally auto starting. Typical of the
> checkout lanes I suspect.
Without naming the rather large company involved, I had some similar experience -- I ran a service call to do some updates on one of those checkout lane systems, and they were running a customized version of RH7! I was instructed to bring a keyboard and a monitor because the POS screen and keyboard wouldn't show all that needed to be seen or to key in the necessary stuff...
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