TRANZ 330

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TRANZ 330
Manufacturer VeriFone
Type General-purpose Point of Sale (POS) device
Connectivity Modem (300/1200 baud), two serial ports
Operating system Proprietary VeriFone TCL
Input Card reader, two serial ports, optional bar code or PIN pad device
Power 9VAC, 1A
CPU Zilog Z80
Display 16-character vacuum fluorescent display
Touchpad 16-key numeric keypad

The TRANZ 330 is a popular point-of-sale device manufactured by VeriFone in 1985. The most common application for these units is bank and credit card processing, however, as a general purpose computer, they can perform other novel functions. Other applications include gift/benefit card processing, prepaid phone cards, payroll and employee timekeeping, and even debit and ATM cards. They are programmed in a proprietary VeriFone TCL language (Terminal Control Language), which is unrelated to the Tool Command Language used in UNIX environments.