B&W image of NCR Criterion System. A woman is standing in front of mainframe loading a diskette.
Bottom margin caption: "Firmware, being loaded via flexible diskette, gives new Criterion Series an ' adjustable personality'. Under one firmware set, for example, Criterion becomes a COBOL 74 virtual machine. Under another firmware set, it duplicates the operating characteristics of earlier NCR Century systems, providing upward compatibliliy for existing application programs and most peripheral units."