On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 10:08:17AM -0500, Ben Lutgens wrote:
> On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 11:30:37PM -0500, Brian wrote:
> >I once saw an ATM that was stuck in a reboot cycle. It would boot of of
> >A:, "Starting MS-DOS" appeared, then it'd crash and reboot itself. I
> >watched it for 5 or 6 cycles out of amusement.
> >
> >ones). I wonder why they don't use linux? Lighter, cheaper, more secure,
>
> Linux is not more lightwieght than DOS, nor is it as stable. DOS now, not Windows.
Taco Bell uses DOS for their drive-thru order-verification system, I watched
it reboot the other day while a tech was working on it =)
('Invalid system disk, replace and press any key to continue' had been on
the screen for almost a week)
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