tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post7207084546600708041..comments2024-03-28T16:33:47.864+00:00Comments on MOONBASE CENTRAL: the fax of lifeWOODSYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-58101784033201401172017-07-21T13:21:37.101+01:002017-07-21T13:21:37.101+01:00Rip and read - that's a great phrase Bill. Is ...Rip and read - that's a great phrase Bill. Is that what we see in the movies, a thin band of paper constantly chugging out of a machine. Its funny how a home-based version was never invented. It would have been fun having news via ticker tape!WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-80635204293787679532017-07-21T13:19:13.468+01:002017-07-21T13:19:13.468+01:00I remember that roll of paper. It had a funny feel...I remember that roll of paper. It had a funny feel to it Paul. Ta.WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-82605674766562505562017-07-20T09:00:11.824+01:002017-07-20T09:00:11.824+01:00Early faxes used thermal paper on a roll, Woodsy, ...Early faxes used thermal paper on a roll, Woodsy, stored somewhere in the back of the machine (cash tills and such still use that). With the advent of laserprinters and inkjets those technologies were also used in later faxes, which then became sheet-fed.<br /><br />Best -- PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-38456625428153919672017-07-19T22:36:34.837+01:002017-07-19T22:36:34.837+01:00From about the late 1970s all Independent Local Ra...From about the late 1970s all Independent Local Radio Stations were fitted with a Rip and Read Teleprinter linked directly to IRN in London. By the time I arrived in 1988 the FAX was largely redundant in local radio circles.Bill Everatthttp://www.celticaradio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-60016008937760725122017-07-19T21:40:14.618+01:002017-07-19T21:40:14.618+01:00Now that's Junk vengeance Paul! very clever re...Now that's Junk vengeance Paul! very clever re-faxing! I forget where the paper was in a fax. Was it stacked up or on a roll?<br /><br />Thanks for the Telex explanation. I love how it linked to a typewriter. Its fascinating when existing tech is morphed into something new like Telex and Fax. I dread to think where smartphones and home help units will take us!WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-69772766663297226932017-07-19T18:23:32.913+01:002017-07-19T18:23:32.913+01:00You would have thought a newsroom would have neede...You would have thought a newsroom would have needed a working fax Bill eh. The FUX machine! ha ha. How did they find out about their scoop stories? By phone?WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-18295564483782521462017-07-19T18:21:13.432+01:002017-07-19T18:21:13.432+01:00You know I never ever saw a junk fax in all my yea...You know I never ever saw a junk fax in all my years in an office Kev. How strange. Junk faxes all night would have been annoying! Spam, it gets everywhere!WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-28698851162823103452017-07-19T14:38:49.774+01:002017-07-19T14:38:49.774+01:00My uncle's staff at a hospital faculty had a g...My uncle's staff at a hospital faculty had a great response to junk faxes: they'd tape two/three A4s together, on which was written a large-lettered request to not fax junk to them anymore. Then after working hours, they'd fax that back to the offending fax number, and after the transmission had started, they'd tape the first and last sheet together. Then they'd leave that cycling through the fax for an hour or two, buy which time there'd be yards and yards of uninterrupted fax message at the receiving end, with probably no paper left. :)<br /><br />@Woodsy: a telex/teletype/teleprinter also used phone lines, but essentially used typewriters. Messages were typed on a machine at one end after which the signals would operate a typewriter at the receiving end. So just text and no images, except perhaps the kind made up from letters and symbols of the alphabet. A fax uses a digital scanner and printer, with digital signals (converted to sound) in between. Afaik only in B/W and no video screens to see who you're faxing. :)<br /><br />Best -- PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-60742290525770539572017-07-19T11:11:00.620+01:002017-07-19T11:11:00.620+01:00They had one in the Swansea Sound Newsroom, but th...They had one in the Swansea Sound Newsroom, but the telephone cables from the studios were old and decrepit that most of the time what was sent or received was pretty incomprehensible… It was known as the F-U-X machine! As it was unserviceable most of the time.Bill Everatthttp://www.celticaradio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-11924451352745423882017-07-19T09:36:30.587+01:002017-07-19T09:36:30.587+01:00Never used one but I remember we had one at work a...Never used one but I remember we had one at work and my Head of Department had to try and remember to switch it off every evening or it would receive junk faxes all night that would use up all its ink and paper!KevinDnoreply@blogger.com