Companies change hands so often now days it's hard to keep track. AT&T sold part of NCR to Lucent Technology. I understand that NCR has bought back some of the company now; not in Ithaca, though. There is, or was, a large IBM plant in Owego, south of Ithaca. Judy At 05:22 PM 1/9/2008, you wrote: My error, thank you for the correction. Bob >Bill & Judy Cuyle wrote: > > >National Cash Register was sold to AT&T, not to IBM. IBM did sell > >typewriters; NCR never did, at least not any made in Ithaca, NY. NCR Ithaca > >made adding machines and then printers. > > > > > > > >>Madeline > >> National Cash became IBM and they sold typewriters for many, many > >>years. They were made in New York and were electrically driven and called > >>Selectrics and other names. There were a lot of typewriter salesmen in > >>almost all IBM offices of size. Bob