OT: Google cars caught snooping

Fax machines are a lot older than the '80s. WUFax was one system. Another was called a 'Wirewriter' that let you write on one machine and it would be sent over a leased phone line to one or more receivers. The US military used them at one time to distribute weather data to pilot's ready rooms.

I'd be surprised if airlines (and hotels) pay anything for those newspapers other than the extra fuel to haul them around.

TWX, TELEX, etc.

Neither of those were facsimile systems. They were text/telegram systems. Facsmile systems transmit images of source material. TWX and TELEX sent text messages.

First demonstartion of a fax machine was in the late 19th century where the image of a Letter as an image was transmitted in analogue form between Thurso and Wick in Scotland.

Early 20th century facsimile using analog means was used by newspapers for syndicated photos, and I believe text.

Most of these were private wire circuits though.

Correct. But they served essentially the same role (one of the places I worked made teleprinters).

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MT > And a lot of wastec cell phone minutes MT > while trying to get [confirmation], along MT > with lots of resumes being sent out. ;-)

krw > OTOH, it may be a tactic for HR types to raid competitors.

MT > All kinds of dirty tricks can result from an act like that. ;-)

I'm guessing you mean like how various cribnotes for production or repair get conveniently lost or altered in sneaky ways?

That would be particularly nasty if the rumor was totally false.

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That's the beauty of rumors. They don't have to be true to be effective.

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I was talking about them paying for the monitors. You know they will charge you to read something on them.

Private, yes, but avery decent sized US city had a Western Union office with a fax machine. In the '70s ham radio types were converting retired WU fax machines to print weather satellite photos. I had two of the machines and a couple cases of the electrostatic paper they used.

In that case, it was a really poorly run company. Microdyne made the mistake of telling their northern Telemetry employees they were moving production to their Florida based Satellite TV plant about 30 years ago. When they showed up to pack the equipment and inventory they discovered the employees had shredded every document at the telemetry plant. All they had was one complete 1100 series receiver they had to reverse engineer.

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I think that must be the type of paper used (early 70's) for weather satellite images? (a large rotating drum... very slow image transfer) Seemed like it was "burning" the paper

The paper was a semiconductor. A thin wire was used as one electrode, and the drum as the other. A couple hundred volts turned the spot under the wire a solid black. Lower voltages produced various gray levels. The wire was driven across the drum by a lead screw. The WU machines had a wire spring that held the paper to the drum. They were like the close wound springs on old 16 mm projectors for drive belts.

MT > And a lot of wasted cell phone minutes MT > while trying to get [confirmation], along MT > with lots of resumes being sent out. ;-) MT >

MT > All kinds of dirty tricks can result from an act like that. ;-)

G > I'm guessing you mean like how various G > cribnotes for production or repair get G > conveniently lost or altered in sneaky ways? G >

G > That would be particularly nasty if the G > rumor was totally false.

MT > In that case, it was a really poorly run MT > company. =A0Microdyne made the mistake MT > of telling their northern Telemetry MT > employees they were moving production MT > to their Florida based Satellite TV plant MT > about 30 years ago. When they showed MT > up to pack the equipment and inventory MT > they discovered the employees had MT > shredded every document at the MT > telemetry plant. =A0All they had was one MT > complete 1100 series receiver they had MT > to reverse engineer.

I got hired once by a guy who owned the remains of a company that made hog belly pregnancy ultrasound units. He had been sandbagged like that and didn't even realize that crucial information was missing.

He left me all alone in the basement of his house answering lots of phone calls from people seeking repairs or more new units.

In the middle of the second day I realized the situation was doomed, and left. I never even asked for a pay check.

They are decent but i really like the much older Merrie Melodies cartoons.

PETA isn't going to like that!

They managed to reverse enginner their products and get back into production in about 90 days.