The cash register we use seems to do what you ask. It's a Sharp
Electronic ER2385S. The keys are programmed with each admission
price charged - children, adult, or child member, adult member,
etc., and other keys are for entering program fees, or memberships.
The right keys punched automatically displays the amount due, and it prints
receipts. At the end of each day, it tallies the totals, and
also can total each month and each year. It's simple to use.
 
If you were looking for something more sophisticated, we have a
plan for a computerized system, still unfunded, developed for
us by students athe the business school at UVA. With this
system, called MAESTRO, we'll have all the member information
available at the desk, and we'll be able to know things like
"on rainy Thursdays, 60% of our visitors are members with
children under 3" and other fascinating trivia. Supposedly.
 
If you want more information, get in touch.
 
Carol Ely
Virginia Discovery Museum  (a children's museum)
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