| | Significant Dates and Releases
1994/08 |
Initial concept meeting. |
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1995/01 |
First technical meeting. |
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1995/06 |
First public demonstration at Retail Systems '95. |
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1995/12 |
OPOS 1.0 |
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1996/03 |
OPOS 1.01 |
(Superceded 1.0.) |
1996/04 |
OPOS 1.1 |
- New device category: POS Keyboard.
- Significant enhancements: POS Printer.
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1997/06 |
OPOS 1.2 |
- New device categories: Cash Changer, Tone Indicator.
- Significant enhancements: POS Keyboard.
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1998/03 |
OPOS 1.3 |
- New device categories: Bump Bar, Fiscal Printer, PIN Pad, Remote Order Display.
- Significant enhancements: Scale.
- All: Added
support for power reporting.
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1998/10 |
OPOS
1.4 (602 KB) |
- New device category: CAT (Credit Authorization Terminal).
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2000/09 |
OPOS
1.5 (1.0 MB) |
- New device categories: Point Card Reader/Writer, POS Power.
- Significant enhancements: POS Printer, Cash Changer.
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2001/07 |
OPOS
1.6 (1.1 MB)
OPOS
1.6 (PDF) (2.1 MB) |
- Enhancements: Fiscal Printer, Line Display.
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Beginning with the 1.7 release, only the UnifiedPOS document is released.
Separate OPOS and JavaPOS documents are no longer maintained. See the
UnifiedPOS page. |
Downloadable Files and Additional Information
Some of the older OPOS documentation releases are available by clicking on the links
above.
For further details, see:
- Microsoft's site. Search for retail industry information:
here.
- The web sites of participating OPOS vendors.
Last updated:
2009-12-31 |