early fax / Re: Exxon Qyx Typewriter thingy

[Dave McGuire]

On Feb 26, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
>>> My Dad worked on these (mechanical designer designing jigs and
>>> fixtures for assembly) at QYX in Lionville, PA  in the late 70's
>>>
>>> There claim to fame was that you could type a letter and then have
>>> another one type the same thing over the phone lines as an original
>>> document....all pre facsimile machine.
>>>
>>> It is said that the technology was stolen to help create the fax
>>> machine.
>>
>> I thought it was the Exxon Qwip that was the prototype for the modern
>> FAX machine.  I can remember the spinning-drum types from much
>> earlier.
>
> Reffing my own pages but here's a little about one version of those  
> drum
> machines and service (no claim to the earliest, as per other  
> messages):
>   http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/e/deskfax/index.html


   I have one of exactly that model!  I picked it up on eBay several  
years ago, along with some docs, some paper, and a copy of an old ham  
radio magazine article about how to use it for HF FAX.  It's a neat  
device!

                -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL