Comment Re:OS/2 and ATM machines (Score 1) 230
At one time, nearly every ATM (and a heck of a lot of PoS terminals) ran something like OS/2 v1.3 on a PS/2.
These ATMs worked reliably year in and year out.
About 1998, some of the British banks, such as NatWest, decided to go over to new systems running Windows NT 4. It's surprising how often one can pass an ATM nowadays and see it displaying a (stuck) NT startup screen (or a BSOD).
The German bankers have more sense: that's why there's still a huge market in Germany for OS/2, both client and server.
These ATMs worked reliably year in and year out.
About 1998, some of the British banks, such as NatWest, decided to go over to new systems running Windows NT 4. It's surprising how often one can pass an ATM nowadays and see it displaying a (stuck) NT startup screen (or a BSOD).
The German bankers have more sense: that's why there's still a huge market in Germany for OS/2, both client and server.
