McDonald's allows CompuAdd to pitch registers to chain
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McDonald's Corp agrees to allow CompuAdd Information Services Corp to market a line of point of sale computer systems to handle sales and cash at 2,500 franchised outlets across the US. Neither company will release estimated sales figures, but industry analysts believe that CompuAdd will earn up to $25 million from sales of its systems during 1993. McDonald's is also permitting Ing C. Olivetti & Co SpA to market point of sales units to franchisees. McDonald's existing cash registers are turnkey systems specially designed for the company by Par Technology Corp. CompuAdd's systems will be modified microcomputers utilizing liquid crystal displays and touch-screen technology. Additionally, the CompuAdd 80386 microprocessor-based systems will process inventory and sales data. CompuAdd has previously supplied advanced cash register systems to Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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Multimedia alliance is established by 11 big computer and phone firms
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First Cities is a group composed of representatives from eleven major computer and telecommunications companies whose object is to promote multimedia technology and to make it accessible by people in their homes. First Cities expects to spend $5 million on the first phase of its project, which will be to determine the demand for multimedia. The second phase, which First Cities plans to implement in 1994, will be to establish multimedia capability in 10,000 homes in an unspecified American city. The products will appear in users' microcomputers or televisions and will include such items as games, video banking and video shopping. The technology will travel through telephone lines, fiber optic lines or cable systems. First Cities eventually expects to operate as a stand-alone company.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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Wedded to wizards: inside the (sometimes twisted) world of electronic-organizer addicts
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Many users of electronic organizers and other hand-held data devices find themselves becoming dependent on the equipment and are unable to function if the devices break down or the batteries die. Electronic-organizer users include free-lance professionals, executives, field scientists and sports managers. Analysts expect sales of such devices as Casio Computer's B.O.S.S. and Sharp Electronics' Wizard to reach $228 million in 1993, but future 'personal digital assistants,' such as the Apple Newton, could cut significantly into the sales of organizers. Organizer users remain loyal, but some sociologists express contempt for the devices, saying that they cause frustration and do not increase productivity.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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