tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093644604429778937.post3085219396223140695..comments2023-10-01T04:45:07.532-07:00Comments on Geekinthecockpit: Hanging aroundGeekinthecockpithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15853969211193512474noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093644604429778937.post-38576917540125466142011-02-20T19:22:00.000-08:002011-02-20T19:22:00.000-08:00At around the same time I was working for a superm...At around the same time I was working for a supermarket chain (Harris Teeter), in their IT helpdesk dealing with computer and cash register issues - I would dispatch guys like you when we couldn't solve the problem remotely. (And I'm sure you had choice words for guys like me when you got there and everything was working fine! Heh.)<br><br>At the time I remember noticing that Wal-Mart had IBM equipment - did they switch? Or did you work on IBM gear also when required? I thought NCR and IBM were arch-rivals in POS gear... (Harris Teeter was an IBM 4680/4690 shop... fun stuff.)Jeremyhttp://jpportz.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093644604429778937.post-51574002561983635282011-02-20T19:27:00.000-08:002011-02-20T19:27:00.000-08:00Fun fact. NCR fixes more IBM POS equipment than IB...Fun fact. NCR fixes more IBM POS equipment than IBM. Reason? Wal-Mart. NCR used to also fix (and still might) IBM POS equipment at Starbucks and Lane Bryant. The IBM stuff was much easier to work on than the NCR stuff. It seemed like IBM POS systems were designed by an engineer while NCR was designed by the marketing department.Geekhttp://geekinthecockpit.comnoreply@blogger.com