Posts by mikebanks 2 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Nov 2020
A few years (15 maybe) I was using the cash machine at my railway station. Just as entering PIN, along came a non-stopping Intercity, machine reboots. I had to get a new card from my bank as it would not give me my card back.
The ATM was still using OS/2 so can't blame Windows of any variety.
The Apricot Qi of the late 80's had a power button down the side. We got a call from a client saying the monitor was just "flashing". Could not figure what the problem was over the phone. After a few minutes on site the engineer realised that the new tape backup (DAT?) box was pushing the keyboard cable against the switch causing an endless power cycle.
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