# Tune the ATM plays when dispensing cash?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tune-the-atm-plays-when-dispensing-cash/320933>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 10, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tune-the-atm-plays-when-dispensing-cash/320933 "2005-09-10T03:05:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![caligynephobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@caligynephobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligynephobia)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tune-the-atm-plays-when-dispensing-cash/320933/21 "2005-09-11T14:21:45Z")

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> [@danceswithcats](#):
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> Interbold was a joint venture between Diebold and IBM. Diebold captured an early market share, had a good product, and won over time. Olivetti, Inter Innovation (LeFebure), Docutel, NCR, Fujitsu, and a few others have had varying levels of success.

It’s been a while since I’ve used an IBM ATM (perhaps it was Interbold) but the really cool thing I remember about it was that it gave exact change. You could withdraw $47.94 or $31.41, or just a quarter if you wanted. They might still use them at IBM employee credit unions.

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**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tune-the-atm-plays-when-dispensing-cash/320933/22 "2005-09-11T14:27:08Z")

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I, too, have always wondered about the “Charge!” noise that Bank of American ATMs play when you get cash. I wonder if everyone else who hears that is also using BoA ATMs, especially as they advertise they have the largest number of them of any US bank.

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**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tune-the-atm-plays-when-dispensing-cash/320933/23 "2005-09-11T14:37:04Z")

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> [@caligynephobia](#):
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> The ATMs I use sound like Woody Woodpecker’s laugh, or the opening tune to the show.

I too have heard the Woody Woodpecker laugh at ATMs.

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**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tune-the-atm-plays-when-dispensing-cash/320933/24 "2005-09-11T20:42:12Z")

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There are various ATM’s around Kalamazoo, MI here that make that sound when printing the receipt. I have often wondered about that myself, but just figured it was something that some engineer thought would be cool to program into the receipt printer of the machine.

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tune-the-atm-plays-when-dispensing-cash/320933/25 "2005-09-12T04:00:16Z")

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Charter One ATMs don’t make that sound, but otherwise all the feedback is provided in a BBC accent. I’ve heard other British accented ATMs elsewhere in the US.

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