On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 09:48, 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 Qwip systems (was a division of Exxon) produced fax machines in the late 70's and early 80's. Just before viable ink jet technology came along. They used a specially coated paper that was burned to produce the fax. At the time it was the way to send a fax. Used fiber optic heads to scan the page being sent. Apparently was widely used by various railroads and other companies to send pages back and forth. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx YOW!! What should the entire human race DO?? Consume a fifth of CHIVAS REGAL, ski NUDE down MT. EVEREST, and have a wild SEX WEEKEND!
