AutoZone chooses Key Source International's KSI-1290 Wombat as the point-of-sale keyboard for its stores.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1997--AutoZone, one of the fastest growing retailers in America, has chosen Key Source International's KSI-1290 Wombat as the point-of-sale keyboard for its stores. With $3 billion in sales and 500 new stores in 1996, Memphis-based AutoZone has taken an aggressive approach to retailing of auto parts Auto parts are components of automobiles. They mainly are, in alphabetic order (only car specific articles or articles with car section):
-- The Wombat is completely programmable, giving AutoZone a migration path and field upgradability as its system grows and expands. The Wombat allows mixing and matching of various components such as pin pads for ATM cards, check readers, bar code scanners and signature capture devices as well as an integrated magnetic card reader for banking tracks 1,2 or 3. Optionally, all three tracks can be used to capture customer demographics by scanning state drivers licenses. -- Custom-colored keys and specialized legends, as well as total programmability, allow AutoZone to train sales associates in less than four days and speed point of sales transactions by up to 50 percent. The Key Source International KSI KSI Killed or Seriously Injured (UK road safety statisitcs) KSI Knattspyrnusamband Íslands (football association of Iceland) KSI Kips Per Square Inch (engineering) 1290 Wombat POS keyboard A computer keyboard that contains built-in readers for magnetic stripe cards, bar codes or smart cards or any combination of the three. is designed for high performance in harsh retail environments. It features 161 fully programmable key stations (4 layers), integrated card credit card reader, bidirectional The ability to move, transfer or transmit in both directions. RS232 serial port and key switch technology rated to 50 million actuation that can be repaired easily in the field. These additional features, keys and options make the keyboard ideal for point-of-sale applications. -0- Other Key Source International customers include Bloomberg Financial News, V-Tel Teleconferencing, Tandy Corporation Tandy Corporation was a family-owned leather goods company based in Fort Worth, Texas, which is best known for purchasing and giving its name to the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based RadioShack Corporation. , NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers , AT&T, Delta Airlines, Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for and Unisys. In addition to its headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay , Key Source has a sales office in Melbourne, Australia and a procurement and engineering facility in Taipei City, Taiwan. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.ksikeyboards.com . -0- Note To Editors: Note: Wombat and Lexan are trademarks. CONTACT: Key Source International Phil Bruno, 510/783-6066 e-mail: pbruno@attmail.com or MCAnet |
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