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Thanks for the report, n8eyh with OCD-WM42 of Hilse.  I too remember Mt Rague Chari of E&M Dayton (B.28??) as being a most patient and generous man while we were organising the sale, manufacturing and delivery of the largest ever BAS 5000 order received by NCR. There were some great people in E&M who went a long way to accommodate the specific requirements of our banking customer, including modifications to the passbook printer, keyboard keys and labels and even power cords to suit our country.

I would like for people that have Century series media in cards or paper tape to please post really good scanned images of them.

Then I would like some with graphics access like VB or Java or some such language post a program in source code format that would convert the columns into ASCII or object format.

I personally will do likewise as I just came across what appears to be a 6 card loader that just loads an object deck into memory without the operating system.  I would guess that its use was by service personal to load and run checks when the disk system was down.

I would like someone to post a boot card for the Century 100 for the 655 disk system.  Or the code list that is contained in the boot card.

Maybe a special place to store such items?

Ron

Hi Wally,

that is an interesting hint. If this card is compatible to NCR 3360/AT&T 3430 server, then we are talking about the NCR Clarity II video adapter. And the very special edge connector fits into the local bus slot of that machine.

You solved the puzzle.

Kind regards

Wolfgang

Hi Wolfgang,

I think the BAM BAM with the part-number 515-0000803 was only for the 3430.
Because I have seen that part-number as spare part for the 3430. But I'm not sure.

Best regards Wally.

Hi Wally,

thank you for the fast reply.

Indeed, it looks like a microchannel adapter. And it looks like it would fit into a Auxiliary Video Extension slot. But it won't. Neither for the AVE slot of my own NCR class 3434 server, nor for the AVE slot of an IBM 8560. It seems as if the microchannel edge connector has been turned around.

http://tinyurl.com/btl5q2z
(The upper graphic adapter has a standard AVE edge connector.)

I don't know what kind of graphic card that is (beside it is NCR brand) and alas I have no opportunity to figure it out.

Kind regards

Wolfgang

Hi Wolfgang,
I have googled a bit and found out, that you have a NCR 3000 Server!
Now I'm not sure, if I have given you the right answers.
Because you probably know, that this video adapter was used in those servers/workstations.
Could you be a bit more specific, what info you are looking for?
(I don't have any manuals for those systems!)

On this link you'll find NCR 3000 Series Files.
http://ps-2.kev009.com:8081/ncr3xxx/

as it is a ATI Mach32 card, here are all drivers for that card.
http://ps-2.kev009.com:8081/ncr3xxx/pcfiles/Video_Drivers/ATI_Mach32/

Best regards Wally.

Hi Wolfgang,

this video adapter is a MCA (Microchannel) card. It was used in the 3430/3360 Servers/Workstations.
It's called the BAM BAM card and has the part-number 515-0000803.

Here is a picture of the 3430.
http://www.thecorememory.com/assets/images/NCR-3430-1.jpg

And here is a picture of the 3360.
http://www.thecorememory.com/assets/images/ncr_tower.jpg

Here you'll find the drivers.
http://ps-2.kev009.com:8081/ncr3xxx/pc_library_3360.html

And here a report from Computerwoche (German).
http://www.computerwoche.de/heftarchiv/1993/22/1128156/

Best regards Wally.

Hi,

could someone give me a clue what graphic adapter that is?

http://tinyurl.com/cv86mje

Regards

Wolfgang

Hi All,

One of my correspondents wrote and asked for help. He has a load of NCR Manuals: Programming, Product, Engineering and even some Hardware parts (Disk read/write heads from 656 disk units,  tape drives, cables, etc.) which he would like to give to good hands. Below you may find a partial list of it.

Those of you, who are really interested in obtaining some of the items, mentioned there, may ask his e-mail, sending request with motivation to my mailbox: webmaster@thecorememory.com. After having the artifact you were interested in, you may reasonably donate to The Core Memory Project using PayPal entry point on the main page of www.thecorememory.com.

Here is a partial list:

NCR

315
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- Hardware Programming Processor Description of the 315, 315-100 Central Processor Jul 1965, 69 pages
- Hardware Programming Processor Execution Times of 315 Interal commands
- Software CRAM Executive nov 1965, 84 pages
- Software Magnetic Tape Standard Tape Executive Program STEP Feb 1966, 35 pages
- Software General General Macros Dec 1965 ST-5008-57
- Software (CRAM MACRO) March 1966, 22 Macros
- Software (Tape Macro) Dec 1965, 17 Macros
- Software (CRAM-TAPE MACRO) June 1966, 2 Macros
- NCR TEST E51 Revision 5 15 pages
- 315 Programming Course fromGreenford 1966


Century
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- Technical Sales Information NCR Century Series  Software
- NEATVS RM-0233 Table Concepts JUl 1978
               Program Compilation
               Compiler Control Statements
               NEATVS Level 2 ST-9481-46 Oct 1978
               NEATVS Programming Language
- NEAT/3 Level 2 Introduction to Level Two
- NEAT/3 Level 2 Student Manual course no 420200 stock no EP-9871
- NEAT/3 Reference Manual June 1969
- OLCP reference Manual 1974


8000 Series
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- VRX to VRX/E  Student manual Course No. K43805   First Edition March 1986
- NCR IMOS NCR VRX COBOL Language Comparison August 1978
- NCR DPS COBOL 1979 (8130 and 8150 8200 8250)
- 656-Disc Workbook for training
- NCR 2270 Financial Teller Terminal (RM-0103-01) Mar 1980
                                   (RM-0103-02) Sep 1979
                                   (RM-0103-03) Dec 1979
- NCR Programming Standards March 1977
- NCR Interactive Operator Control System IOCS (Dec 1978)
- 9010-11 Student Manual Engineering
- RM-0649 Diagnostic programs
- M05 Processor based Systems Diagnostic program documentation dec 1978 release 8 603-9004719
- NCR I-8100 Series Diagnostics Programs RM-0649 RM-0649-01


9000 Series
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- ITX Operating System Reference Manual release 4 D1-0545-A
- ITX Operating System Reference Manual release 4 D1-0545-A Volume 3
- ITX/IRX RBS Student Manual
- Introduction to IRX Student Manual
- Introduction to IRX Reference
- IRX Implementation Student Manual
- IRX Implementation Reference
- NCR I-9010 ll Site preparation RM-0600-94
- NCR I-9010 Engineers Information
- MicroComputers System Field service Information RM-0648 M250-06-STD
- NCR 9300 Hardware Installation 315-0553600 Rev A (RM-0601-A44) Apr 1983
- NCR 9300 Sales and Marketing Guide
- IRX Reference Guide
- NCR 6530 Disk Drive RM-0143 ST-9126-25 Mar 1981 (15 pages)
- NCR 7649 General Purpose Peripheral Controller RM-0143-10 ST-9126-15 Jan 81 3 pages
- NCR 6420-P001 Input Output link adapter RM-0143-10 ST-9126-A21 Dec 1980 1 page
- NCR 646/647-P001 Input Output link adapter RM-0143-10 ST-9126-A22 Dec 19801 1 page
- NCR 7900 Model 1 General Description RM-0143-14 ST-9126-39 11 pages
- NCR 7900 Model 1 Functional Characteristics RM-0143-14 ST-9126-39 Feb 1981 9 pages
- NCR 7900 Model 1 Operator Information RM-0143-14 ST-9126-39 Feb 1981 16 pages
- NCR 6442 Matrix Printer General Description RM-0143-11 ST-9126-A38 8 pages
- NCR 6442 Matrix Printer Functional Characteristics RM-0143-11 ST-9126-A38 Dec 82 13 pages
- NCR 6442 Matrix Printer Operator Information RM-0143-11 ST-9126-A38 8 pages
- NCR 6441 Matrix Printer General Description RM-0143-11 ST-9126-40 Oct 1981 5 pages
- NCR 6441 Matrix Printer Functional Characteristics RM-0143-11 ST-9126-40 Oct 1981 28 pages
- NCR 6441 Matrix Printer Operator Information RM-0143-11 ST-9126-40 Oct 1981 8 pages
- NCR 6410 Matrix Printer General Description RM-0143-11 ST-9126-65 Jul 1981 6 pages
- NCR 6410 Matrix Printer Functional Characteristics RM-0143-11 ST-9126-65 Jul 1981 31 pages
- NCR 6410 Matrix Printer Operator Information RM-0143-11 ST-9126-65 Jul 1981 8 pages
- NCR 6430 Band Printer General Description RM-0143-11 ST-9126-A59 Sep 1983 6 pages
- NCR 6430 Band Printer Functional Characteristics RM-0143-11 ST-9126-A59 Sep 1983 19 pages
- NCR 6430 Band Printer Operator Information RM-0143-11 ST-9126-A59 Sep 1983 1 pages
- NCR 7649 General purpose peripheral controller General Description RM-0143-10 ST-9126-15 Jun 1983 3 pages
- NCR 7649 General purpose peripheral controller Functional Characteristics RM-0143-10 ST-9126-15 Jun 1983 19 pages
- NCR 7649 General purpose peripheral controller Operator Information RM-0143-11 ST-9126-15 Jun 1983 5 pages
- Century 8200 System Information Publicatins Index Dec 1978 2 pages
- NCR 8200 Quick Disc Pack Copy Utility Program Jan 1979 7 pages
- NCR 7887 OCR Wand Reader Operator Information RM-0143-09 ST-9126-69 Apr 1981 5 pages
- NCR 7887 OCR Wand Reader Operator Information RM-0143-09 ST-9126-69 Apr 1981 5 pages
- NCR 2600 Thermal Teleprinter General Description ST-9126-72 May 83 10 pages
- NCR 6442 Matrix Printer general Description ST-9126-A38 Jun 83 8 pages
- NCR 6442 Matrix Printer Functional Characteristics RM-0143-11 ST-9126-A38 Jun 83 25 pages
- NCR 6442 Matrix Printer Operator Information RM-0143-11 ST-9126-A38 Jun 83 11 pages
- NCR 7900 Model 1 General Description RM-0143-14 ST-9126-39 June 79 Pub 6.3 12 pages
- NCR 7900 Model 1 Functional Characteristics RM-0143-14 ST-9126-39 Jun 79 Pub 6.2  2 pages
- NCR 7900 Model 1 Operator Information RM-0143-14 ST-9126-39 June 79 Pub 6.3 34 pages
- NCR 6325 Magnetic Tape Subsystem general Description RM-0143-06 ST-9126-A31 May 83 Pub 12.0 4 pages
- NCR 6325 Magnetic Tape Subsystem Functional Characteristic RM-0143-06 ST-9126-A31 May 83 Pub 12.1 5 pages
- NCR 6325 Magnetic Tape Subsystem Operator Information RM-0143-06 ST-9126-A31 May 83 Pub 12.2 7 pages
- Peripheral Product Manual I Series Systems 1981 RM-0143
- Printers ST-9142-10 Sep 78 Pub 5 22 pages
- NCR 6440-0101 and 0102 Matrix Printer
- Disks RM-0182-02 ST-9142-10 feb 79 pub 4
- NCR 656 6560 6566 7640 6530
- Disks RM-0143-03 ST9126-50 Apr 79 pub 0 5 pages
- NCR 656 Disk Subsystem ST-9126-51 Apr 79 pub 1.0 10 pages
- NCR 656 Disk Subsystem Operator Information ST-9126-51 Apr 79 pub 1.1 4 pages
- NCR 6590 Disk Unit Contents ST-9126-21 Apr 79 pub 3.0
- NCR 6590 Disk Unit General Description RM-0143-03 ST-9126-21 Apr 79 Pub 3.0 7 pages
- NCR 6590 Disk Unit Operator Information RM-0143-03 ST-9126-21 Apr 78 Pub 3.2 3 pages
- NCR 6530 Disk Drive Contents RM-0143-03 ST-9126-25 Mar 80 pub 4.0
- NCR 6590 Disk Drive General Description RM-0143-03 ST-9126-25 Mar 80 Pub 4.0 8 pages
- NCR 7640/7642/7644 Flexible Disk Recorders Contents RM-0143-03 ST-9126-41 May 79 Pub 5
- NCR 7640/7642/7644 Flexible Disk Recorders Description RM-0143-03 ST-9126-41 May 79 Pub 5 5 pages
- NCR 7646 Flexible Recorder General Description Contents RM-0143-03 ST-9126-92 Dec 79 Pub 7 1 page
- NCR 7646 Flexible Recorder General Description Contents RM-0143-03 ST-9126-92 Dec 79 Pub 7 3 pages
- NCR 7646 Flexible Recorder Functional Characteristic Contents RM-0143-03 ST-9126-92 Dec 79 Pub 7.1 1 page
- NCR 7646 Flexible Recorder Functional Characteristic Contents RM-0143-03 ST-9126-92 Dec 79 Pub 7.1 2 pages
- NCR 7646 Flexible Recorder Operator Information RM-0143-03 ST-9126-92 Dec 79 Pub 7.2 1 page
- NCR 7646 Flexible Recorder Operator Information RM-0143-03 ST-9126-92 Dec 79 Pub 7.2 3 pages
- Easy Menu Symplex Software Systems
- BEST Manual ST-5018-69/73/76  October 1966
- RM-0601-75 NCR 7900 CRT  Hardware Installation and course
- RM-0603-74
- RM-0434 Hardware Installation
- 796-101 CRT Terminal Installation Instructions and Drawings pub
- 511-31400D dec 1978  (77834678 and 77614961)
- Control Data Corporation Cartridge Disk Drive Model 9427H Hardware
- Manual  (NCR 656)
- Hardware Installation RM-0601
- Engineering Bulletins
- Hardware Units Field Service Information ST-9003-05


Handbooks
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- NCR ITX photocopy
- NCR Century handbook for NEAT/3 (3 copies)
- NCR Century handbook for operators
- NCR Century handbook for Systems Analysts (2 red copies 1 green copy)
- NCR Century handbook for NEAT/3 Level 2
- VRX Information Handbook ( 2 copies)
- NCR Criterion 8500 RS1 Operator's Handbook (4 copies)
- NCR Century 8200 COBOL Pocket Reference (3 copies)
- VRX Operation Handbook
- CRAM Card Number Decoder
- NCR VRX OLPD Pocket Reference
- IMPACT/6 Systems Analyst Handbook
- NCR 7910 Display Terminal Customer Information Packet + Assembly Parts List


Level 2 Programming Course
=======================

- Neat Coding A Standard Reference System 1965 or earlier
- Introduction to Level Two   ST-9450-88 NEAT/3 Appendix Tab 3  Feb 1970
- NEAT/3 Level 2 Introduction to Level Two ST-9450-88
- GPMC Software Feference RM-0299   ST-9417-00 Oct 81 Replaces Pub 0 may 1980 ST-9417-20 Oct 78
- The Basics of Banking NCR Self Instruction Course Book 1
- Software Status Manual Supplement to ITX Software reference Manuals
- Application Customizer Software Reference RM-0185 Menu System Feb 1981


Brouchure
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- A New Generation NCR 9300
- 9000 ITX Family
- NCR 6099 File Subsystems
- NCR Marketine Bulletins June 1978
- Competition Bulletins may 1978
- NCR 399 System Information Programming Jan 1973
- Century Customer Information Bulletins


DATA GENERAL
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- Operating CS SYSTEMS A Guide for the System Developer 1977
- Text Editor User's Manual
- Inerative Cobol Programmers Reference


Digital
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- All In 1 Electronic Messaging Student Guide April 1985


IBM
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- DCF Document Composition Facility (Script v VS) Student Text  August 1982
- Ramis II  Quick reference Booklet Release 83.2
- Ramis II  Quick reference Booklet Release 85.3
- Ramis ll Course 101 Mathematica
- Ramis ll Course 102 Mathematica 2 copies
- IBM 3179 colour Disply Station Operator Guide uk
- A Fortran Programming Course 1970


PDP 11
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- Macro 11 Programming Course Notes
- PDP11 04/05/10/35/40/45 Processor Handbook
- Brandons Applied Systems Practical Systems Design  circa 1974
- ADDS Multivision Basic Manual
- TRS Micro Computer System TBUG Z-80 Monitor and Debugging Aid.
 

The tunnels between the buildings at the NCR factory complex were truly amazing.  In the mid-sixties I received 340 printer training in the basement of building 26 at the corner of Patterson and K street.  At the time I rented an apartment off Brown Street not far from the NCR Credit Union.  It was winter and bitter cold outside.  I would enter the building across the street from the Credit Union and take the tunnels all the way across the complex coming out at building 26, staying nice and warm for the whole trip.  These two buildings were diagonally opposite from each other and as far as you could go and still be on NCR property.  It was always an adventure to make that trip each morning and then return each evening.  We would also take the tunnels to the auditorium of building 10 to watch 45 minutes of a movie during our lunch hour every day.  A whistle would blow and the screen would go black telling us it was time to go back to work.  Fond memories.