26 Feb
2010
26 Feb
'10
1:30 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 26 Feb 2010 at 11:43, Brian McElroy 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
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.