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froggx How is this news? it's common knowledge in industry that old operating systems often end up running on these kinds of devices well past EOL. this kind of embedded hardware often cannot run a newer OS due to relatively low processing power, and even when the hardware can manage it the newer OS breaks the software needed for the device to do its job. this kind of legacy equipment is seriously EVERYWHERE. i seriously can't help but think the purpose of this article is to straight up troll on the readers that still show up to tom's and expect to find out about new tech developments rather than be presented with this kind of well-known information like it's something hot. Reply
EzzyB froggx said: How is this news? it's common knowledge in industry that old operating systems often end up running on these kinds of devices well past EOL. this kind of embedded hardware often cannot run a newer OS due to relatively low processing power, and even when the hardware can manage it the newer OS breaks the software needed for the device to do its job. this kind of legacy equipment is seriously EVERYWHERE. i seriously can't help but think the purpose of this article is to straight up troll on the readers that still show up to tom's and expect to find out about new tech developments rather than be presented with this kind of well-known information like it's something hot. It's not unusual at all. The last time I saw an article like this it was ATMs running Windows XP. Not sure why, if using MS in the first place, it's not something like Windows CE. My only thought is that perhaps CE doesn't have the networking bits required for something like this. Reply
GenericUsername109 Just wait until you see a crashed cashier machine with Windows XP. 😄 Reply
froggx EzzyB said: It's not unusual at all. The last time I saw an article like this it was ATMs running Windows XP. Not sure why, if using MS in the first place, it's not something like Windows CE. My only thought is that perhaps CE doesn't have the networking bits required for something like this. i used to do kind of hardware repair/tech support stuff while i was still in school… in 2010 i got hired to revive a POS/credit processing machine at a relatively large restaurant franchise and was caught off guard when i got it booting again and the "Windows 95" splash screen popped up. they ran it another 3 years before being forced to upgrade to new machines… which arrived running Vista… Reply
EzzyB froggx said: i used to do kind of hardware repair/tech support stuff while i was still in school… in 2010 i got hired to revive a POS/credit processing machine at a relatively large restaurant franchise and was caught off guard when i got it booting again and the "Windows 95" splash screen popped up. they ran it another 3 years before being forced to upgrade to new machines… which arrived running Vista… I worked for the Corps of Engineers right around the turn of the century. Went down to shipping on a trouble ticket. They had a Pitney Bowes machine there that printed shipping labels that was causing problems. It had no software. Really, none. The entire thing ran on an elaborate autoexec.bat. I'm like, well, of course it won't work, IT HAS NO SOFTWARE! Until, of course, someone pointed the above out to me…. Reply
mrdoc22 Here in Denmark our ATM's has allways and may stil running OS/2 (IBM still support it) (There haven't been a single breakdown with the ATM's, that can't you say about "DSB train infodisplays", which have shown a Windows bluescreen manytimes i meantime) Reply
SethNW GenericUsername109 said: Just wait until you see a crashed cashier machine with Windows XP. 😄 Better than MS-DOS or Windows 3.1 some use. 😀 Though to be fair, maybe they finally decided to upgrade last couple of years, I didn't check lately. Also haven't had any self checkouts crashing. Reply
M R froggx said: How is this news? it's common knowledge in industry that old operating systems often end up running on these kinds of devices well past EOL. this kind of embedded hardware often cannot run a newer OS due to relatively low processing power, and even when the hardware can manage it the newer OS breaks the software needed for the device to do its job. this kind of legacy equipment is seriously EVERYWHERE. i seriously can't help but think the purpose of this article is to straight up troll on the readers that still show up to tom's and expect to find out about new tech developments rather than be presented with this kind of well-known information like it's something hot. I don't think anybody would seriously claim this was news, or that it was ever portrayed as such. Just an amusing-enough offbeat story. alternative reply: The fact that you posted this question *is the answer*: they got your click, they got your engagement. Reply
coreymillia Old nuclear warheads probably still use 8" floppy discs. Reply
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