28 Feb
2006
28 Feb
'06
12:12 p.m.
On 2/26/2006 at 4:42 AM Chris M wrote:
the talk of a peculiar USR pc made me remember this.
There used to be a (primarily) electronic junk store
in LI called Eldies (Edlies?) on Hempstead Tnpk in
Levittown I guess. Sitting there one day was an all in
one, IIRC, NCR unit that booted up to an a:> prompt.
It struck me as a weirdish dos semi compatible. It
didnt strike me as a PC4 or the nearly identical
Decision Mate (cpm). Pretty sure it was NCR, but eh
maybe it was NEC (definately NOT an APC, not quite
that big and heavy). Anyone have a clue?
Some of my favorite keyboards are branded NCR (molded into the top) and
come in both XT and AT types. Made in Germany by Cherry. So yeah, there
were NCR XT- and AT-compatible desktop systems. I used to know what they
were called, but now I'd have to dig a bit.
Cheers,
Chuck