While on my way to school as I was coming out of the 23rd street 6 station I noticed one of the MVM's was malfunctioning (what else is new).
But the problem wasn't your normal, "no bills" , "exact change only" problem. The machine could not boot.
Much to my astonishment, the MVM's run Windows. I'd thought they ran some sort of Proprietary POS (Point of Sale) software, and a boot ROM for an OS. The MVM's run Windows NT, which is a very secure, stable, and networkable OS.
Here are some pics of the Malfunctioning MVM, which was of the credit card only variety. The computer cannot boot because a file or folder is missing.
Here's the MVM:
And here's a readout of the screen:
If you'd like to see the MVM in question, it's at 23rd street on the 6 line, on the Uptown side. I saw it at 7:45 AM, took a pic, didn't like it, and went back to take more pics at 12:30 PM. It was still broken. I'll let you know when I go back at 4 PM, if it's still broken. They need an IT guy to fix it.