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This week's worldwide BSOD roundup starts with what looks to your writer like a virtualisation launch bug. Submitter Alexander tells us it came from Peterborough Station, in Cambridgeshire. Peterborough station BSOD What do you think, readers – is this an exotic BSOD that needs extra explanation? Don found one at decent …

  1. Hyphen

    That first one is the standard boot screen for those types of railway displays. Not so much a crash/BSOD as an "I'm ready" screen.

    It's expecting data over serial, but a loose connection or another issue upstream is stopping it from receiving that data.

    They are IP capable too, although this particular sign has it disabled. Once saw similar signs on the Vale of Glamorgan line in South Wales all proudly displaying their 10.0.0.0/16 addresses. No idea how they do backhaul though (GSM?).

    1. stungebag

      GSM?

      "They are IP capable too, although this particular sign has it disabled. Once saw similar signs on the Vale of Glamorgan line in South Wales all proudly displaying their 10.0.0.0/16 addresses. No idea how they do backhaul though (GSM?)."

      Looks like it. Many displays in the NE of England were complaining about a lack of GPRS a couple of Saturdays ago.

      1. Jock in a Frock

        Re: GSM?

        London Midland have a Vodafone solution, usually using BT DSL links to the wallboards and ticket machines / offices.

    2. thames

      It's probably RS-485 (or RS-422) with a repeater (to give them more than 32 addresses).

      It's possible that the problem is the system uses a different set of communications parameters from the default, but the sign lost it's configuration (dead battery?) and someone will have to reconfigure it on site, which nobody has got around to yet.

      RS-485 is popular in certain applications because you can the cable a long ways especially if you reduce the baud rate,

      1. jake Silver badge

        The first one is a ...

        ... DrayTek ISDN "router" trying to phone home. Why the executive port's output is being routed to the track-side display is anyone's guess ...

  2. Dan 55 Silver badge
    Happy

    In Soviet Russia...

    Windows has computer.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Gates Horns

      Windows has computer!

      "In Cᴙapitalist Ameᴙica..." Shirley.

      It's that infamous Яedmond Яeversal again.

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    True fact

    Just had my first Windows 10 BSOD while reading this article. How did you do that?

    1. cd

      Re: True fact

      I think you should be asking Microsoft that question.

    2. Captain Badmouth
      Big Brother

      Re: True fact

      It's just Microsoft telling you you shouldn't be reading El Reg.

    3. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: True fact

      I wouldnt worry, its probably not a recurring problem...just an exception.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: True fact

        It's not an exception, it is a feature.

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