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August 25, 2005
History is Made: MBS Meets CBORD!!
After years of testing, fiddling, upgrading, cursing, and anything else we could think of, it finally happened. MBS met up with CBORD, they talked together nicely, and about 6 transactions from the bookstore's cash register to the CBORD server were successfully completed. Many thanks to Mike Ellis and Bill Nicks for pulling this one together!
This makes way for further development of the "Wolf" card, whereby students will have separate accounts for their meal plans and bookstore needs on the same card. Funds can be added to a student's Wolf card for purchasing books and/or meals, and the Wolf card will work much like a credit card. The funds may not be comingled, that is, you can not use your meal plan money at the bookstore, or vice versa, but the same card tracks both accounts.
There are a number of details that need to be ironed out, but the technical framework is finally in place to allow development of the Wolf card!
Posted by rossm at August 25, 2005 1:14 PM
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