ml> BTW: many resturaunt POS systems are nothing more than a regular   
    ml> computer under the counter and a touchscreen on the counter ;)   
      
    AZ> Those work because:   
      
    AZ> 1) They lack keyboards, putting the screen closer to the person   
    AZ> touching the screen    
      
   yes and no... the systems we used to install had keyboards, too... they were   
   under the counter out of the way in the cabinet...   
      
    AZ> - and because they are relatively small screens (usually) - try    
    AZ> getting 6 inches away from a 20+ inch display and see how    
    AZ> comfortable that feels!    
      
   hehe... i know... i think our normal touch screen monitors were 15inch or   
   17inch...   
      
    AZ> 2) They are dedicated to a relatively simply single task.   
      
   yep... the programs handled all the heavy lifting...   
      
   you'd be surprised at all the ones out there that are (still) built on a DOS   
   command line platform... i was rather surprised when i first started servicing   
   some in this area and watch the DOS boot stuff going by before the graphical   
   program fired up... contrary to popular belief, one can do graphical   
   programming in a command line world IF the graphics subsystem has graphical   
   capabilities ;)   
      
   perfect examples are the games like duke nuke'em, doom and quake -=B-)   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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