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Was this during NCR's bad years where AT&T ran the business into the ground? I don't think NCR really recovered till the NCR 7878 came out, setting the bar for
by mehhh 7y ago
Was this during NCR's bad years where AT&T ran the business into the ground?
I don't think NCR really recovered till the NCR 7878 came out, setting the bar for a robust scale/scanner
- hobojones 7y agoFormer NCR tech here. I can confirm the parent’s comment - we’d routinely have to validate/ensure jumpers based on entitlement. As for recovery, I worked for NCR once they regained their independence from ATT and they were still running themselves into the ground. By the time I left (around the era of the 7878) things improved slightly.
- mehhh 7y agoNCR seems to be able to survive, but I wonder if the non-Windows point of sale systems will finish eating the low & midrange business. My old employer is prepping for the shift with their software vendor currently, should allow for a much longer period of support & remote debugging...