On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 23:30, Brian wrote: > So, apparently ATMs are x86 clones running DOS (at least the text based > ones). I wonder why they don't use linux? Lighter, cheaper, more secure, > flexible, the benefits go on. Makes ya wonder.... Well, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the ATMs are running really old 8086 chips. Think about how long some of those machines have been sitting in that same spot. They might have less than a megabyte of memory. Linux can't quite fit into that.. Of course, I guess most ATMs have been upgraded to have color displays now, so maybe they're better off than I think. I just know that I've seen one or two machines with their covers removed, and I saw 5 1/4" floppy drives.. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ It's been a business doing / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ pleasure with you. \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020508/921a2f8d/attachment.pgp