[Gllug] Windows Petrol Pump

[Peter]

Jonathan Dye wrote:
> Ian Scott wrote:
>
>>>It seems incredible to me that anyone would use
>>>something as unstable,
>>>or over-
>>>the-top, as Windows to run a simple Petrol Pump !!
>>
>>Last time I flew from Stanstead, all the information
>>screens were displaying a windows error message box
>>(along the lines of 'Oh dear, it's all gone horribly
>>wrong. Press OK to reboot').  Doesn't inspire
>>confidence!
>>
>>It's amazing how much does run windows.  I've seen the same screen on
>>broken ATMs.
>
>
> It amazing how to think that we only know about these ones because we've
> seen BSOD, I wonder how many other things run Windows where we havn't seen
> BSOD.  To add to the list, I've seen BSOD on Rail Station information
boards
> and on the Ticket machines.

The self-serve ticket machines at Warner Village Cinema's appear to run
NT4 and I've never been able to coax one to actually dispense a ticket.
Totally useless...
SH

The Odean cinema in Richmond too.
I wonder what OS air traffic control now uses?

--Peter


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