For 21 years, Allen Hoover has offered text-based business technology out of Lancaster County for Plain believers. “It has not made me a popular person.”
From his machine shop among corn and bean fields on Kurtz Road near Ephrata, Lancaster County, Allen Hoover sells 1970s-style word-processing computers, upgraded to internet speeds, at the rate of more than one a day.
For some, Hoover’s machine fits … [4516 chars]
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer | Published: 2026-01-19T10:00:00Z
Credit: The Philadelphia Inquirer
