The Adler-Royal Alpha 9180SC features 99 departments, programmable with 12-character descriptions that categorize sales. Its 1600 programmable price look-ups ensure pricing accuracy and record the number of items sold. The alphanumeric two station printer prints both customer receipts and journal tapes.

The alpha two-line operator display shows item descriptions during sales registration and alphanumeric prompts in program mode for easy set-up. The department keys are labeled with letters saving time for the user. The store logo and separate commercial message can be programmed up to 5 lines of 20 characters each.

Up to 30 clerk identifications can be programmed to monitor the sales of individual employees. The automatic tax computation can program up to 4 tax rates. The removable cash drawer has 5-slot bill and 6-coin trays and is made out of a heavy duty metal for extra protection. The Alpha 9180 can also program secondary charge keys to separate multiple credit cards.