ATMs.

From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <(CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com)>
Date: Sat Oct 31 19:50:03 1998

>Okay, curiosity time. What happens to obselete ATMs?
>Anyone here collect them?

Due to security concerns - after all, you don't want anybody getting
their hands on those little printing presses inside that make $20's -
all ATM's are destroyed upon decomissioning :-).

More seriously, the things are probably melted down for scrap. The
ATM's that I've seen being serviced probably weigh as much as a
small car.

Many recent ATM's have PC-clone hardware in their "smarts". I've
seen several different ones in the process of "rebooting" and
displaying the OS/2 startup screen. I've seen out-of-commision
ATM's show the "General failure reading drive C:" message, as
well.

Tim "Who is this General Failure, and why is he reading my drive C?" Shoppa
Received on Sat Oct 31 1998 - 19:50:03 GMT