On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 09:48:52AM -0500, Gordon Keehn wrote: > > > *Fax machines have actually been around since at least the 1800's. A > >mechanical device which carved wood was set up in two towns in France > >for some kind of exposition, with just a wire between the two towns. It > >actually worked, and the idea's been around since then, building slowly > >through the 1970's when my Dad owned a service for faxing checks between > >truckstops and transportation companies. Not a new idea, for a long > >time. > > > > > Those old enough to remember "Dragnet" in the '50s (Jack Webb, Ben > Alexander, and they don't make 'em like that anymore!) saw occasional > glimpses of a gadget with a sheet of paper wrapped around a rapidly > revolving drum, with a solenoid-controlled pen to draw the image. I > don't recall what they called it but as a young teen, I thought it was > next thing to magic. > Cheers, > Gordon Keehn FAX used to be used in the newspaper industry. I don't know how old the technology is, but it's fairly old. When I was a kid (quite some time ago, now, given how time is racing by) you'd see a black and white photo in the newspaper of something that happened thousands of miles away, with a caption "AP Wire Photo". That my friends, was a facsimile transmission. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) -----------------------------
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