"The scalability of the Pentium* processor family allows us to improve the performance of the DECpos2, without incurring additional engineering costs."
-- Dave Halyk, Director of R&D

Register Engineering Group (REGI) is the exclusive provider of point of sale (POS) technology for Digital Equipment Corporation, its subsidiaries and distribution channels. The DECpos2 intelligent point of sale terminal is a high-performance, low cost POS device based on industry-standard PC architecture. It supports multiple operating systems, including Windows* 95, Windows 3.1, Windows NT, OS/2 and SCO UNIX. The Pentium® processor gives the DECpos2 the high performance needed to support applications featuring a graphical user interface, functioning as a stand-alone POS terminal or as either a client or server in a medium to large scale retail store. The terminal supports a choice of local area networks, including Ethernet, Token Ring, or Spread Spectrum LANs. Four slots are available for system expansion, including one ISA, one PCI/ISA and two PCMCIA slots. Up to 10 powered serial ports are available, allowing the DECpos2 to interface with printers, customer displays, scanners, scales and PIN (personal identification number) pads. In addition, Intel chipsets will allow the system to support future plug and play peripheral expansion based in the Universal Serial Bus.

Today's retail applications are more complex than ever, and the advent of graphical user interfaces places incredible performance demands on point of sale terminals. The Pentium processor gives the DECpos 2 the performance required for today's applications, as well as a growth path for the future.

CashHandler Retail Systems, Inc. is a leading developer of retail point of sale applications. CashHandler Executive Vice President Dave Campbell explains why today's POS terminals need Pentium processor performance:

"Our new point of sale applications are written using Microsoft's tool and offer a graphical user interface. Traditional point of sale terminals just don't have the performance that we or our customers need to power a graphical POS application. That's why we believe the Pentium processor-based DECpos2 is the solution for our POS applications."

REGI's Dave Halyk explains that performance and product support were key issues which led to the adoption of Pentium processor technology:

"The DECpos 2 is the third release of Digital's intelligent point of sale terminals since 1992. The typical lifespan of a POS terminal is seven years. With chip technology changing so rapidly, we needed to invest in a platform that could be supported for the long term, and Intel has provided us with that support with the Pentium processor family. Board re-design is costly, and the scalability of the Pentium processor family allows us to improve the performance of the DECpos 2, without incurring additional engineering costs.