Hackaday (unofficial) August 13, 2023 10:00pm Portable 1990s POS Will Strain Your Back #phonehacks #teardown #mobilephone #motorola #pointofsale #portable #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Portable 1990s POS Will Strain Your Back [JR] over at [Tech Throwback] got ahold of an unusual piece of gear recently — a portable Point of Sale (POS) credit card machine from the late 1990s (video, embedded below the break ). Today…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 24, 2021 12:00am Upcycling a VFD #arduinohacks #epson #pointofsale #vacuumfluorescentdisplay #vfd #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Upcycling A VFD A lot of electronics wind up in landfills, and when [Playful Electronics] saw an old cash register heading for the dump, he decided to give its VFD display a new life as an Arduino peripheral. Whil…