26 Feb
2010
26 Feb
'10
4:21 p.m.
On Feb 26, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
Reffing my own pages but here's a little about one version of those
drum
machines and service (no claim to the earliest, as per other
messages):
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/e/deskfax/index.html
I have one of exactly that model! I picked it up on eBay several
years ago, along with some docs, some paper, and a copy of an old ham
radio magazine article about how to use it for HF FAX. It's a neat
device!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
My Dad worked on these (mechanical designer designing
jigs and
fixtures for assembly) at QYX in Lionville, PA in the late 70's
There claim to fame was that you could type a letter and then have
another one type the same thing over the phone lines as an original
document....all pre facsimile machine.
It is said that the technology was stolen to help create the fax
machine.
I thought it was the Exxon Qwip that was the prototype for the modern
FAX machine. I can remember the spinning-drum types from much
earlier.