Re:The Aloha point-of-sale system
by EvanAnderson on Saturday February 29, 2020 @09:36AM
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Growing up and living near Dayton, Ohio, I just take for granted that most people know about NCR (National Cash Register), and the people associated with the company.
NCR was involved in work to crack the German Enigma code during World War II, building on the work done at Bletchley Park (which built on Polish work before the war)[1]. As time has passed and the secrecy associated with the work has been lifted there have been a number of interesting stories about locals (or their parents / grandparents) who worked on the project.
Wi-Fi arguably owes its existence to WaveLAN[2], developed by an NCR subsidiary in the late 1980's.
NCR was involved in work to crack the German Enigma code during World War II, building on the work done at Bletchley Park (which built on Polish work before the war)[1]. As time has passed and the secrecy associated with the work has been lifted there have been a number of interesting stories about locals (or their parents / grandparents) who worked on the project.
Wi-Fi arguably owes its existence to WaveLAN[2], developed by an NCR subsidiary in the late 1980's.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Computing_...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaveLAN