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The 36xx retail terminals were connected to the store controller via a loop also called a Store Loop, similar to that used by the IBM 3600 Finance System. If a terminal detected an error, it ran a self-diagnosis routine, displayed an error code to the operator, and used bypass circuitry to remove itself from the loop and allow the loop to continue operating. If the loop failed, the most downstream terminal transmitted an error code to the controller. Intermittent errors were written to disk on the store controller. |
The 36xx retail terminals were connected to the store controller via a loop also called a Store Loop, similar to that used by the IBM 3600 Finance System. If a terminal detected an error, it ran a self-diagnosis routine, displayed an error code to the operator, and used bypass circuitry to remove itself from the loop and allow the loop to continue operating. If the loop failed, the most downstream terminal transmitted an error code to the controller. Intermittent errors were written to disk on the store controller. |
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==IBM 3650 Retail Store System== |
==IBM 3650 Retail Store System== |
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The 3650 System is a family of products designed to computerise a retail store, both at the point of sale and for back office store management functions. It included a method to generate encoded tickets for merchandise, |
The 3650 System is a family of products designed to computerise a retail store, both at the point of sale and for back office store management functions. It included a method to generate encoded tickets for merchandise, rather than the Universal Product Code (UPC).{{Cite book |url=https://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/productDescriptions/IBM_Sales_Manual_Machines_Section_Jul79.pdf |title=IBM Sales Manual: Machines Section |publisher=IBM |year=1979 |publication-date=1979 |pages=M 3651, M 3653, M 3666, M 3667, M 3683, M 3684}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/IBM-ProdAnn/3650.pdf |title=3650 Product Announcement |publisher=IBM}} |
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The key devices for the system were as follows: |
The key devices for the system were as follows: |
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