Subj : credits
To : Sys64738
From : Digital Man
Date : 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.
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