Now we now why the entertainment systems are so flaky!

[jojax14]

According to this article:

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7707016.stm (sorry can't post as a link as I am too new, but I am sure you can work it out)

...the entertainment systems on long-haul Virgin and Qantas are still running on Windows 3.1!

W I N D O W S 3 . 1 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

That certainly explains a lot!

jj

[albatross710]

Windows 3.1 is of course far more stable than 3.0.

My understanding on technology platforms is the lead time of development and testing for compatibility will all of the aircraft systems. Once they get a core platform that is working & approved the cost of changing is significant.

I do recall seeing an article about the early space shuttle which was running on the equivalent of a Commodore 64.

[medhead]

It could be worse, they could be running on vista

[moa999]

I have never seen a BSOD on QF AVOD systems,

although have seen lots of BSODs on digital advertising, timeboards etc of systems running XP

[SeaWolf]

Funny you should mention Windows 3.X
Just yesterday...
BBC NEWS | Technology | The end of an era - Windows 3.x

An application has expectedly quit.
Windows 3.x has come to the closing moments of its long life.
On 1 November Microsoft stopped issuing licences for the software that made its debut in May 1990 in the US.

[ejb]

I have never seen a BSOD on QF AVOD systems,

although have seen lots of BSODs on digital advertising, timeboards etc of systems running XP

The opening ceremony of the Chinese Olympic Games suffered a BSOD.

ejb

[Evan]

Hey, it is not windows 3.1, it is Windows CE (Much newer) however it does boot and pull the image for the OS via Z-Modem protocol. (Note: i am refering to the rockwell colins AVOD system)
There is a more detailed discussion here or FT but i could not find it.

I am not an expert of this subject at all but i have seen it boot with my own eyes so unless it was some trial with updated software on the A330's then it was for sure WinCE.

E

[Platy]

It could be worse, they could be running on vista

Yeah, but, if it used VISTA at last we could watch a nice image of a clock...

[serfty]

The reboot on the 388 takes about 90 seconds and you just see a grey screen!

[Platy]

The reboot on the 388 takes about 90 seconds and you just see a grey screen!

Serfty, does the system installed in the 388 appear to be stable?