[geeks] Messy other stuff

Bill Bradford geeks at sunhelp.org
Wed Apr 11 10:39:02 CDT 2001


On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:43:59AM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> I was not amazed that the machine was running (they were well designed), 
> but that they were still in use. 

If its not broke, dont fix it...

> I wonder if they follow the Dave McGuire model and have a small 
> warehouse full system bought for a few dollars each...

The Dave McGuire model would have a Cray in a room in the bank, emulating
the 386, running the ATM software... 8-)

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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Austin, TX



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