Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 14:06:59 +1100 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: you'll like this.,.. maybe (Seriously Off Topic...) Message-ID: <387A9E53.8C33A337@S1.com> References: <01be01bf5bda$a03836e0$0200000a@danco.home> <387A97E9.A988D5DC@twave.net> <387A9923.8E3962EE@twave.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi, my thrippence worth ;') > Interesting. > > I once saw an EDS ATM machine at 7-Eleven reboot after a power failure. > The little screen showed that it was a 386 machine with 16MB ram. It > complained about not having a keyboard connected, then booted (of all > things) OS/2, loaded the program manager (which looked like Windows > 3.0) and then the ATM application... > Some express some surprise at ATMs using OS/2. A friend of mine here in Oz, who used to work for Philips (when they had a rpesence here in Oz) looked after many of the banks ATMs here, and he said that they pretty much all (until recently) used OS/2. Let's face it, it's a heck of a lot more stable than MeSsy-DOG and friends ;') He even showed me a magical incantation on the keypad to force a reboot and another to take the machine 'off-line' ;') So, when his bank ticked him off, he could retaliate :') :'D I've heard that some newer ATMs are now using WinNT, but by far the largest installed base at the moment is OS/2 - 'More than half an Operating System' ;') On a similar topic - I've noticed a few 'Kiosk' style information booths, with touch-screen pc's in them. Far too many have been sitting at the BSoD :'/ Anyway, I have to get back to wrestling with NT - it's a dirty job, and I wish I didn't have to do it. |-| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?387A9E53.8C33A337>