A POC for you would be Sherry Webber - MCM Electronics, Centerville Ohio -
800-543-2378.

They set their HP system up to do credit authorization (over 10 years ago).

The system works well, and they do thousands of transactions per day.

mc

Mike Church
Technical Support Manager
Information Services
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital
Saint Christopher Drive
Ashland, Kentucky 41101
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-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Gordon [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 6:34 PM
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Subject: Re: Credit card verification on the HP3000?


I've seen an ad in the newswire for this, check www.Alleyn-Day.com


John MacLerran wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm trying to find out if there are any packages (software, hardware, or
> combination of both) for the HP3000, er, HP e3000, that will do credit
> card processing.
>
> We have been asked to accept credit cards for student Registration fees,
> housing room and board, and other student-related functions.
>
> Ideally, the package would reside fully on the e3000 and handle all of
> the verification functions -- ie. dialing the credit card clearinghouse,
> verifying the card validity and credit limit, and returning an
> authorization code back to the e3000 -- as well as store some data to
> assist our controller with reconciling the bank statement at the end of
> the month.  Alternatively, a package for the e3000 that just handles the
> modem verification and authorization code for the transaction would
> suffice, as long as it allows us to capture the data -- we'll be able to
> write the accounting portion. Least ideal, but probably still
> acceptable, would be a package that resides on another box (Win / UX /
> Linux) that can communicate with the e3000 either via ODBC or some other
> protocol, as long as it allows the transaction to be originated from a
> session on the e3000.
>
> I searched the HP3000-L archives on Deja.com, and found a couple of
> posts from last October -- one of them mentioned the Alleyn-Day LTD.
> company. We're looking into that, but I thought I'd post the question
> again and see if anything else comes up.
>
> Thanks!
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