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		triplefox on May 6, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Better BART Kiosk Interface Little-known fact: BART has been using 8-track technology for its ticketing since the system was created in the 1970's. You can see this when the kiosks need repairs.

male_salmon on May 7, 2009 [–]

oh really.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/519444730_4eb3859a9a_o.jp...

"This machine has Windows 2000 with 256MB ram installed."

http://www.hightechdad.com/2008/04/16/bart-ticket-kiosks-run...

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