Overall the design intent was to create a simple, easy to use device that was minimally intimidating to users. I felt that the 10-key pattern would be unfamiliar to many users whereas the telephone pattern was familiar to all. The cost savings was huge- the OEM module sold for more than US$7.50 in large quantities and Verifone was able to reduce the cost to below US$1.00Īnother significant departure from accepted norms in the 1980s was the use of a telephone keypad pattern instead of the 10-key calculator pad, which was the standard for business transaction equipment at the time. The integral card reader used a simplified magnetic head mount (as well as a magnetic head adapted from consumer cassette tape transports) and moved the signal processing electronics to the product's main PCB. At the time other manufacturers used OEM card reader modules and designed their enclosures to use them. Other design firsts in this product series includes the first use of an integral molded in magnetic card reader to reduce cost. The use of the dark gray predated Apple Computer's use in their early portable computers. This was an attempt to create a neutral color palette that blended with the range of other Point of Sale equipment colors which made for a messy collection of retail equipment at the checkout station. The Tranz series was among the first business products that departed from the then ubiquitous putty color used by early IBM personal computers. The Tranz series is an evolution of the original Zon Junior and Zon Junior Plus. I was the lead Industrial Designer for Verifone from 1985 through the nineties. This is a variant on the Verifone Tranz 330 which was designed and engineered by Verifone in the USA in the late 1980s.
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