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June 4, 2008
Bookstore Buys Hardware!
The bookstore received its new POS (Point of Sale) controller last week, and Mark and I installed it with the help of MBS. This controller plus additional RAM memory in 6 of our 7 cash registers is necessary to implement the encryption software as required by the credit card sensitive data rules. The install went fairly well, and the new controller is now up and running. There are still three cash registers that need RAM upgrades before we use them (these are the extra registers we put up for rush week). There is also a 2008.1 MBS application upgrade which needs to be installed in the next week or so in order to accommodate some data changes MBS is implementing. That is another night time job that must be done when the store is closed.
It also looks like we're going to involuntarily be "Beta testers" for the new encryption software. We must be in compliance by June 30, but MBS keeps pushing back the release date. It was due out earlier this year, and was just recently pushed back to "this Fall". We need to at least give it a try to see if we can make it work by the end of the month. Beta testing has not been a particularly good experience for me in the past. I'm very concerned that our registers will just not work, which is a problem when the store is open.
I almost forgot - the bookstore also ordered a new HP printer to replace our Lexmark (yahoo!!). It's not here yet, but will be soon. Yesterday I took over a printer stand that the physical plant modified for us. The old printer fell off the makeshift stand it was on a couple weeks ago. This stand is a very solid piece made by the carpenter shop at the physical plant, and it fits right in. Thanks Marsha and John!
Posted by rossm at June 4, 2008 7:49 AM
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