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Fax Machines, are they confined to history? Are they a relic of an earlier time? What electronic trickery did these classic icons have?

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 5 years ago in reply to a531016 +3
    I used to maintain a number of them which had been upcycled in the 80's into photo printers.
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    beacon_dave over 5 years ago in reply to beacon_dave +3
    Here's some old video footage of one in operation: https://youtu.be/qstC5jEMheA?t=204
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    beacon_dave over 5 years ago +2
    There were also the photofacsimile machines from the 1950s which printed onto photographic materials, which had to then be developed in a photographic darkroom. They were used by the likes of the Press…
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    beacon_dave over 5 years ago

    This video may be of interest as it covers some of the history and technology behind various fax machine designs.

     

    THE SECRET LIFE OF MACHINES: The FAX Machine

     

    https://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/SLOM/0301-The_FAX_Machine.html

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    shabaz over 5 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Just started watching it again, and it mentions how it was a Scotsman who invented the fax in 1843, before the phone.

    I'm always impressed how many inventions originated from Scotsmen over the years... was there any significant invention that doesn't have some Scottish roots : ) It's like the Silicon Valley of the 1800's : )

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    shabaz over 5 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Just started watching it again, and it mentions how it was a Scotsman who invented the fax in 1843, before the phone.

    I'm always impressed how many inventions originated from Scotsmen over the years... was there any significant invention that doesn't have some Scottish roots : ) It's like the Silicon Valley of the 1800's : )

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