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<p>[QUOTE="Numbers, post: 3360640, member: 11668"]Yeah, the article didn't explain that well. Modern bill acceptors could easily be reprogrammed for a redesigned $1 note; the problem is that there are still lots of vending machines in service that have older technology that's hard-coded to recognize exactly one design. Basically, if you see a machine that *only* accepts $1's and not larger bills, it's probably a machine that isn't capable of software upgrades (otherwise somebody would have set it to accept $5's by now). Trying to make those machines accept anything but current-design $1's would involve replacing so many components that it'd be easier to just scrap the machine, and that's what the vending industry wants to avoid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even the modern machines have limitations, though. Most won't take small-head $5's any more, because they don't have enough memory to be programmed for *three* generations of currency designs at once.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Numbers, post: 3360640, member: 11668"]Yeah, the article didn't explain that well. Modern bill acceptors could easily be reprogrammed for a redesigned $1 note; the problem is that there are still lots of vending machines in service that have older technology that's hard-coded to recognize exactly one design. Basically, if you see a machine that *only* accepts $1's and not larger bills, it's probably a machine that isn't capable of software upgrades (otherwise somebody would have set it to accept $5's by now). Trying to make those machines accept anything but current-design $1's would involve replacing so many components that it'd be easier to just scrap the machine, and that's what the vending industry wants to avoid. Even the modern machines have limitations, though. Most won't take small-head $5's any more, because they don't have enough memory to be programmed for *three* generations of currency designs at once.[/QUOTE]
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