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Old 12-16-2013, 03:41 PM   #1
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what is fax?
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Old 12-16-2013, 04:01 PM   #2
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what is fax?
It's an archaic term meaning "data", as depicted the old TV police show Dragnet:

"Just the fax, ma'am."

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Old 12-16-2013, 05:31 PM   #3
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Wasn't there a sitcom in the 80's called the "Fax of Life" ?
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Ever use a real xerox? With acetone and a big drum you hand cranked with a original attached to make copies? The copies came off wet and cold.
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Old 12-17-2013, 08:15 AM   #6
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Ever use a real xerox? With acetone and a big drum you hand cranked with a original attached to make copies? The copies came off wet and cold.
Wasn't that called a "mimeograph"?

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