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
