Alpine, Texas 2 April, 2005
Leo Ofenstein of SCR Corporation, and Dale Avant of Quad-A, Inc.
announced the roll-out of KashMaster, a joint effort between
SCR and Quad-A.
Based on SCR's StoreMaster, KashMaster incorporates
a number of highly significant additions.
"The most important thing we've done is that the entire system runs on Linux
computers," said Ofenstein, adding "this not only gives the business
owner a far
more stable platform than Windows, but it also makes available a huge
array of software ranging from very low cost, to free."
Avant added "For us, the biggest part of the Linux systems is that
we don't have the virus attacks that we had with Windows, we don't have
the constant upgrades, and the network is faster and easier to work with!"
Besides those features, Avant noted that built-in credit / debit card and
check authorization - along with ACH and Bank-21 electronic checking, save
a great deal of time and trouble for store managers, as well as saving
the store money by reducing turn-around time on deposits and enabling
electronic bad check recovery.
Quad-A's convenience, check-cashing, and quick-snack stores run networked
multiple registers on Linux-based PC's, with
barcode scanners, check imager/readers, ID/Credit/Debit Card scanners, thermal
receipt printers, change machines, and web cameras. They also include
a Linux-based data file server, and their management workstations include
not only Linux computers, but both Windows and Mac OSX computers as well,
all operating on the same network.
Along with the new software, SCR and Quad-A are also showing a line of
"Pure Profit" items which allow stores to sell electronically delivered
items such as phone cards and home phone service. These items are stored
in the file server in encrypted form, and when a customer buys one
KashMaster will be on display at the McCarty-Hull
show in Amarillo, Texas, on April 13th and 14th.
