While taking a break from performing an interpretive dance of 'Flight of
the Bumble Bee', Mark Kent wrote:
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Why not Embedded? ATM's Running XP Professional...
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>>| This time, I happened to be there when it suddenly BSOD'd and began a
>>| reboot cycle. Obviously, to BSOD it needs to run Windows, and moments
>>| later, that was confirmed. But that's not the story here -- believe it or
>>| not, most ATMs run Windows nowadays, and there's absoloutely nothing
>>| wrong with that.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| There's a million reasons why an ATM should must be RTOS, be it Linux or
>>| VxWorks or Windows CE, but even if you don't go with RTOS, Windows XP
>>| Professional most certainly isn't the answer. Especially if it's not even
>>| SP2.
>> `----
>>
>> http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/287
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> Do we know which banks and machines they are? It would be extremely
> useful to know which ones to avoid. I'll change bank if I need to. I'm
> not taking this kind of risk!
>
No kidding, but my bank uses brand new Diebold ATM's. And I have seen two
of them borked. One had a blue screen complaining about a corrupt process
and the other was stuck on the boot-up splash screen. Just too bad that
the money hopper doesn't go into overdrive when this happens ;-)
Bobbie the Triple Killer
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