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Melbourne's public transport ticket scanning machines are running on Windows CE... hope (but doubt) they have a plan. https://wongm.com/2012/06/myki-runs-on-to

Melbourne's public transport ticket scanning machines are running on Windows CE... hope (but doubt) they have a plan. https://wongm.com/2012/06/myki-runs-on-top-of-windows-ce/ https://wongm.com/2012/06/myki-runs-on-top-of-windows-ce/

taspeotis 3y ago
Trialling its replacement in 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/15/we-will-now-reach-the-21st-century-victoria-to-overhaul-myki-system-with-new-ticket-operator https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/15/we-wi...
LeoPanthera 3y ago
If they're not connected to the internet, does it matter?
- mschuster91 3y ago
  You still need someone to write and maintain the apps running on these devices, and that's getting really hard.
- cogman10 3y ago
  Seems like a ticketing system would need some connectivity no?
  - Nextgrid 3y ago
    Doesn't have to be internet-accessible though. Even if they need to interact with the "open" internet, they can do so through a gateway - there are many industrial-grade, DIN-form-factor VPN routers that will take an internet feed and some VPN credentials and spit out a "clean" VPN'd port so your vulnerable thing can stay isolated from the open internet.
  - taspeotis 3y ago
    These days yes but in the olden days no. Brisbane City Council used to sell tickets with a magnetic strip that would be read and written with how many trips you have can take on the ticket.
oldbbsnickname 3y ago
Symbol barcode scanner PDAs used to run Windows CE also. IIRC, there was a cheaper PDA-like version with a laser scanner usable instead of the bulky industrial pistol-grip ones. I'm sure UPS or FedEx still use WinCE-based devices to do their job. I'm curious. Does anyone know what model / OS Amazon fulfillment centers use for their field force handheld devices?