Early NCR Computers: A Brief Overview (National Cash Register history, Dayton Ohio)

[@jerryrusinko1219]

Started my computer career as a weekend operator on a Century 151. It was 1976 and I started junior college at the same time. Ah to go back. Simpler times.

[@spidermangy5514]

When I worked for Ramada Hotels during '77 -' 81, we had an NCR 4200 on the front desk. It was called the "Cadilac" of hotel computers during that time. It worked well and was easy to use by our desk clerks and night auditors.

[@ComputerHistoryArchivesProject]

Hi Spidermangy, "Cadillac of hotel computers," ... nice description! Thanks!

[@bblod4896]

Always cool to see the old gear. Thanks for the look back.

[@ComputerHistoryArchivesProject]

B Blod, glad you enjoyed it. -- Someone needs to do a deep dive into NCR history. It would be a whole miniseries in itself. : )

[@thesteelrodent1796]

great little video :) used to seeing NCR on the checkouts in the supermarket, but didn't know they once built mainframes and the like

[@spidermangy5514]

Me either. I grew up near Dayton, but I didn't realize NCR made all of that and was taken over by AT&T and so forth.

[@am74343]

There's a strange "popping" audio glitch towards the beginning.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

the whole segment about the "Bombe" has some serious audio issues - popping and warble

[@ComputerHistoryArchivesProject]

Yes, was not noticed until the upload was done. Working on a fix now, hope to have a new and improved version very soon. Thanks for the alert. : )

[@Mr.QuantumC0re]

Much love for posting this! ❤

[@Rob2]

In the 1980's NCR had a supermicro computer line under the name "Tower", running Unix. I think it was somewhat successful.

[@JeremyLeePotocki]

4:46 I'm so glad that the Butterscotch & brown color scheme for computers never caught on past the early 60's..... 2005: Noctua enters chat.... Oh dear lord.....

first semiconductor memory and first to make virtual cobal and fortran compliers , NCR RB switched to make pentiums for INTEL, and then died, banks around the world used check sorting systems,

[@shaylawatson1244]

Crazy how you can sit at a school desk for 8 hours and still don't learn this much

[@5argetech56]

$75,000 in 1960 = $762,263.51 in 2023

[@blackhelmet5315]

I just started working for NCR this year, more on thE ATM side of it

[@scudger99]

Atleos ? Are you enjoying it ?

[@medicman4444]

i cannot be the ol,yone to double take at this title seeing NCR and thinking fallout new vagas game tho the vid is awsome none the less :D

[@jvolstad]

Is there no mention of Neat3?

[@rselwyn1000]

Neat/3 I had almost forgotten that word. I wrote a few programs in Neat/3. There was also Neat3 Level 2, which dealt with about 16 registers (address areas in the computer that held the value for accessing certain functions if I recall correctly). When I left NCR in 1985, the word variable became the buzzword, it was just area used to store a value of zero and each time you processed a loop (repeated instruction that processed input or a table) you incremented it, then with Cobol you had the do while loop that repeated a process. Maybe Neat/3 had a while feature, can't remember. So yes NCR Century computers could perform using about 4 languages, RPG and Fortran if i recall.

branch to 1000 - EF 001000 - 32 bit compiler

[@gliderp]

I'm old enough that I should have remembered NCR computers, but I just don't. I just don't remember ever hearing about or seeing a NCR computer. I wish I was 18 again when I was a effin' know-it-all. How old? Well, when I went to tech school, the computer tech students were using punch cards.

[@Rob2]

Maybe if you knew that NCR developed WiFi ?

[@stephenw2992]

They were only used commercially or by government I think. I remember seeing them in the scrap yard where I used to buy any electronics worth reselling.

[@NNokia-jz6jb]

First.. #1.. 🎉