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Fax machines go way back to the 1800s, before phones, surprisingly old! Another classic is Tim Hunkin’s secret life of the fax machine https://youtu.be/yuUyt9RG
by fanf2 3y ago
Fax machines go way back to the 1800s, before phones, surprisingly old! Another classic is Tim Hunkin’s secret life of the fax machine https://youtu.be/yuUyt9RG7pk https://youtu.be/yuUyt9RG7pk which features a clip from the video in TFA.
- ted_bunny 3y agoOlder even than the Pony Express.
- anon-sre-srm 3y agoWestern Union predates the Pony Express by about 10 years, which operated for only 18 months. It was the Webvan and WU was the Amazon.
- anon-sre-srm 3y agoPantelegraph -> wirephoto / radiofax / teleautograph -> telex / weatherfax -> fax