Aloha Minimum Hardware Requirements
The Aloha POS system is a hardware independent application, but does require approved hardware with minimum hardware requirements and approved operating systems (OS).

Some hardware may not be compatible with all version of the Aloha POS system. If you have any questions, contact Abacus Business Solutions to verify version compatibility.

The following hardware has been approved by Aloha Technologies for use with the Aloha POS system.

Point-of-Sale Terminals
>>  Radiant P1500, P1200 Series
>>  NCR Model 7454, Model 62
>>  IBM 4695 2xx, 4695 3xx, SurePOS 500
      Models with Cyrix processor not certified. Until IBM rectifies the problem, Windows 2000 users will
      experience Windows shutdown problems if the OPOS MSR is enabled on the SurePOS. SurePOS
      requires Aloha version 5.026 or higher.
>>  Javelin Systems Inc. LC, LCP, LP, Viper, Wedge
>>  Clone PC using hardware components certified by Microsoft for use with the operating system.

Minimum Order-entry Terminal Requirements
This does not include peripherals such as receipt printers, magnetic stripe readers, customer displays, etc. Hardware requirements must meet or exceed the requirements of the operating system.
>>  Windows 2000 Pro or XP Pro Operating System
>> 
10GB Hard Drive
>>  64MB Memory
>>  10-Base-T Network Card
>>  Celeron 333 – 450MHz Processor
>>  On Board Video Adapter

Minimum File Server Hardware Requirements
Hardware requirements must meet or exceed the requirements of the operating system.
>>  Processor: 2 GHz
>>  RAM: 256 Mb
>>  Hard Drive: Dual 80 GB Swappable
>>  Communications: NIC or 56K modems (depending on communications service)
>>  External Storage: CD RW
>>  PS/2 Mouse
>>  Two keyboards
>>  Windows 2000 Pro or XP Pro pre-installed
>>  PCAnywhere
>>  15" Monitor

Printers
>>  Epson TM-295, TM-H6000, TM-T80/85/88, TM-U300, TM-U200, TM-U950
      Parallel and serial. TM-U950 slip printing and check MICR reading are not supported. TM-H6000 and
      TM-295 'line find' is not supported in versions 5.0x and lower. TM-H6000 slip printer is not supported in
      QuickService.
>>  IBM SureMark 4610
      Requires Aloha version 5.026 or higher and IBM OPOS version 1.5.0 or higher. If you are using IBM
      OPOS 1.4.4, the patch included in 1.5.0 is available from Aloha Technologies.
>>  Star Micronics SP300, SP312, SP342, SP2000, SP8340, TSP400, TSP600, TSP700, TSP80
      Serial, SP300, TSP600, TSP700, TSP800 both parallel and serial. We only support the TSP600,
      TSP700 and TSP800 using OPOS and Windows-based drivers. The TSP400 is a label printer.

Barcode Scanners
>>  Metrologic Serial

Caller ID Adaptors
>>  Rochelle Multi-Line Adapter (MLA), model number 2045

Cash Drawers
>>  MMF

File Servers
>>  IBM File server-class
>>  Clone PC using hardware components certified by Microsoft for use with the operating system.

Kitchen Video Systems
>>  QSR Automations RDS-2000, ePic

Magnetic Stripe Readers
>>  Mag-Tek Keyboard Wedge

Modems
>>  3Com/U.S. Robotics, Inc. Sportster 28.8-56K, Courier 56K
      Credit card and remote support, except for the Sportster 56K, which is remote support only.
>>  Dual Mode 56K Zoom External

Network Hubs
>>  3Com Ethernet 10/100-base-T
>>  D-Link Ethernet 10/100-base-T

Network Interface Cards
>>  Ethernet 10/100-base-T

Scales
>>  Mettler Toledo 8217 

Thumbprint Scanners
Veridicom 5th Sense USB

Touch Screen Monitors
>>  Elo TouchSystems
>>  MicroTouch

UPS and Power Conditioners
>>  APC All Models
>>  Oneac All Models
      Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) do not always condition power as well as protect against power loss.

 

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