Linux on a Used Cash Register: Reloaded

plimsoll writes "Hot on the heels of the original cash register running Linux, dumpster-diver Aaron Benoy has implemented his own GNU/Linux POS project with a twist: Ruins in ASCII, a late IBM 4694 removed from its case and reloaded with Linux to become a self-described 'video sculpture' showcasing 'an infinite loop of 180 distinct 7-second long video clips of various abandoned, ruined or otherwise vacant buildings and infrastructure' on its 9-inch paper white phosphor terminal display. Southern geeks can see it unveiled tonight at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival."

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Re:I can better that...

[MyDixieWrecked]

How about Menuet running on an ATM?

here in NYC, a lot of things run windows. When you go to penn station, the NJ Transit ticket machines are running NT 4. I've seen errors on them in the past, they software that's actually driving the display's UI and all that is just a visual basic application. Sometimes they crap out or bluescreen. not very often, though. I've only seen it happen 4 or 5 times in the past couple years. It's really neat to watch them reboot the system. You can see it pinging all its ticket servers and stuff. I assume they have the servers' firewall configured in such a way as to only allow incoming traffic from known IPs, either that, or their attached to a private network. either one wouldn't surprise me.

Even the Amtrak ticket machines run on computers. When you see the tech guy open the machine's case, there's a little beige tower inside with a keyboard and mouse.

lately, everything seems to be running windows. Frequently, in times square, the huge animated billboards will be bluescreened. It's pretty funny. You'd think that software for made for doing this stuff wouldn't crap out. You'd hope that no one installs quake on these machines or any other non-related software, but I guess people do.

I guess putting quake on the adserver box is to a windows geek what putting linux on a toaster is to a real geek.