On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 08:38:11AM -0500, Mike Hicks wrote:
> 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..

Actually, most ATMs in the US run OS/2 [1], so I doubt that they
are running 8088s.

  1.  http://www.atmmarketplace.com/research.htm?article_id=10811&pavilion=29&step=story


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