Subj : credits
To   : all
From : MRO
Date : Wed Dec 01 2021 02:42 am

  Re: credits
  By: Digital Man to Sys64738 on Tue Nov 30 2021 10:32 pm

 >   Re: credits
 >   By: Sys64738 to All on Tue Nov 30 2021 11:57 pm
 >
 >  > A friend is asking me to help him set up a BBS for his business.
 >  > Particularly, he's wanting to utilize Syncronet to keep up with his
 >  > customer's tabs. He runs a small bar with a membership fee for some
 >  > upper-crust types.
 >
 >  > Anyway, I told him about the "Credit Transfer Bank" door
 >  > (https://web.synchro.n
 >  > et/api/files.ssjs?call=download-file&dir=sbbs_3rd&file=CTB.ZIP) because
 >  > he wanted to allow his members to be able to help each other out with
 >  > their tabs if they were in a pinch.
 >
 >  > Also, I told him about
 >  > "DTELLER"
 >  > (https://web.synchro.net/api/files.ssjs?call=download-file&dir=sbbs_3
 >  > rd&file=DTELLER.ZIP)
 >
 >  > and "DSHOPPER"
 >  > (https://web.synchro.net/api/files.ssjs?call=download-file&dir=s
 >  > bbs_3rd&file=DSHOPPER.ZIP)
 >
 >  > because he'd like to be able to allow his customers to buy credits using
 >  > ABA routing and account numbers, or credit/debit cards.
 >
 >  > I'm not new to programming.  I've been doing it since the mid-80's.
 >  > However, my skills are rather dated, and I'm definitely green to
 >  > Javascript and Baja.
 >
 >  > Eventually, he'd like to add a web interface, but that's further down the
 >  > road and not an immediate desire.  He'll make do with making BBS accounts
 >  > for his members and showing them how to use it on their phones using a
 >  > term app.
 >
 >  > So, I'm reaching out for help.  Anyone interested?
 >
 >  > Digital Man: You can probably guess this is why I kept asking about CTB
 >  > and whatnot a while back...lol
 >
 > This all just screams at me: wrong tool for the job.
 >
 > Domain teller and shopper used dial-up modems for credit card
 > authorizations, I don't even know if they would work any more (haven't the
 > credit card auth standards/methods changed since the 90's?) and certainly
 > those programs can't be registered/purchased any longer.
 >
 > And terminal apps on phones are terrible. Unless his upper-crust customers
 > are all all old computer/BBS nerds (like us), no one is going to want to use
 > this idea.


there's POS systems used at vending machines that take custom cards and allow you to load them up and use them, and transfer to other members. he should probably look into this.  but like i said, he's cheap and wants something custom for free probably.
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