3 Feb
2007
3 Feb
'07
4:42 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 2 Feb 2007 at 11:46, Jim Leonard wrote:
They don't use OS/2 though. Most of the older stuff uses 4690 OS, which
is a bunch of custom software on some kind of 32-bit DOS-a-like with
loadable modules (can't remember the name), or on the more recent stuff
Windows XP embedded. In the UK at least, some IBM VARs are selling
4800-series EPOS machines with Linux-based POS software, but XP Embedded
is still the most common.
Offtopic, but just to address a comment further up, the XP Embedded
machines are horrifically unstable.
Gordon
Richard wrote:
Let us not ignore the fact that IBM-manufactured checkout systems are
still ver common. Why the hell does supermarket checkout need a
real-time OS?
It needs a *stable* OS. Real-time pre-emptive multitasking was just
a
side benefit :)