12 Apr
2024
12 Apr
'24
7:12 p.m.
On 4/12/24 11:10, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote:
problems too and in the end I'm told it was a rather successful product.
NCR CRAM (Card Random Access Memory) truly considered magnetic cards as the
media, see
https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/m-p/national-cash-register-company
-ncr/
I recall a friend whose shop used the CRAM remarking that a cardboard
box needed to be kept near the machine. Apparently if card was rejected
for some reason, it was simply spat out to the floor.
--Chuck