A new point-of-sales keyboard, the Pas-Keyboard features illuminated LCD keys with two lines of five characters on each key. Text can be scrolled on a single key or across multiple keys, allowing the display of detailed product descriptions and messages. In addition, you can use simple pictograms on the keys. The device is programmable via a flexible API and your PC's serial or parallel port.
Price: Call for price.
Contact: Kassen-Dietrich Data, Freiburg, Germany.
Phone: +49 761 504260.
Fax: +49 761 56881.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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