Bus station display takes the Windows 10 road to nowhere
Spikes deter pigeons, but Microsoft still managed to foul the screen
BORK, BORK, BORK! There was a time when information boards were handwritten or paper-based affairs. Then departure information was shown on split-flap displays, which made a satisfying tick sound as the display changed.
Pixel-based boards followed (we took a look at the excellent take-home-and-keep versions by UK Departure Boards in 2024, but, with the inevitability of death and taxes, Windows of course had to get involved, which brings us to this unhappy example spotted in a Northampton bus station by a Register reader.
"This poor main display announcing bus times has been dying for a while," our reader said.
"The time has been out by 3-4 minutes, meaning any passenger trying to get somewhere on time would have missed their bus. Now its time info software is not loading."
The screen looks like Windows 10 is running in...
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