• tuckerm@feddit.online
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    21 hours ago

    There’s a used bookstore near me that has the oldest cash register I’ve ever seen. It has keys like a typewriter, and makes the most satisfying “ka-ching” sound when it opens. They always use it to add up your purchase and print a receipt, even when you’re paying with a credit card. But I always try to bring cash when I’m there so that the drawer gets used. (And also, y’know, screw credit card companies taking their cut.)

    I know that’s not really “in widespread use” today, which is probably what the question meant, but that was the first thing that came to mind for me.

    • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Wow. Many years ago I bought an old cash register to use as a prop in a play, sounds like the type you’re talking about, and it was already way outdated then. Thing was amazingly heavy, like a refrigerator.