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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Wait, it’s still alive???

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's been running stuff like ATMs for years. And probably still will.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well yeah, that much I know, but i thought it was unsupported. I always saw it as that weird version of windows 98 or XP for really small stuff

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That and os/2 warp. Amazing.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not sure about ATMs, they often ran OS/2.

Windows CE often ran media centres or UI panels in things like John Deere tractors or the Fiat 500.

It was also the OS that ran the Dreamcasts UI.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Or XP Embedded.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From my own experience, I've also seen it on price checkers (Kmart Australia), navigation devices (Navman GPS units) and older Clarion head units.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It was heavily used on barcode scanning devices. I had my first few programming jobs using them.

I still see some of them around.

Good riddance!!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Barcode scanners is what popped into my head reading the title.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Used by Crestron Electronics for their 3-Series products. Not all are discontinued....

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This was my immediate though lol. I'm still running some 3 series in my house. CP3 for testing and a PMC3 in my living room.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We still use that shit at work on our barcode scanners

Though I'm not sure if it's still technically "Windows ce" or Windows mobile

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Voting machines ...