Credit Card Reader (Mac)

[Jerry Daniels]

Thanks, Len!

Best,

Jerry Daniels

Daniels & Mara, Inc.
Makers of GLX2
http://www.daniels-mara.com



On Oct 10, 2007, at 3:55 PM, Len Morgan wrote:

> The recommendation from Liam is a good one.  I haven't used these  
> for CCs before but I wrote a complete P.O.S. system that used the  
> same "keyboard wedge" interface.  Basically, you get the cursor in  
> the field you want to read and when you swipe (or scan) the card,  
> the computer just thinks you type really fast.  :-)  The only thing  
> you have to watch for is setting it up so that when the scan is  
> finished, you get a CR or LF or some sort of notification that it's  
> done.  The nice thing about this interface is that you can test it  
> by just typing in the field instead of swiping.  That's also handy  
> when the reader isn't working for some reason.
>
> Since you want to do this on a Mac, the only thing to make sure of  
> is that you can use an external keyboard (either PS2 or USB).
>
> len
>
>
> Jerry Daniels wrote:
>> Has anyone had experience hooking up a credit card reader to a Rev  
>> app running on Mac?
>>
>> Do you recommend any particular hardware / drivers?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Jerry Daniels
>>
>> Daniels & Mara, Inc.
>> Makers of GLX2
>> http://www.daniels-mara.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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