Making the most of a dumb fax switcher box in the old days

https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/09/01/fax/

#HackerNews #dumbfaxswitcher #nostalgia #techhistory #innovation #faxmachines

We watched Tim Hunkin's fun video (original from c.1987) on fax machines, and when he got to the bit where he and the late Rex Garrod demonstrated how they send messages over long distances, I knew, without a shadow of a doubt, Terry Pratchett had watched this too, and that it was at least partly the inspiration for the clacks.

And I was both happy and sad at the same time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuUyt9RG7pk

#TheSecretLifeOfMachines #TerryPratchett #TimHunkin #FaxMachines

Grim Reaper starts coming for fax machines, pagers, landlines

#FaxMachines #Faxing #Pagers #Landlines #POTS #Telco
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/grim-reaper-starts-coming-for-fax-machines-pagers-landlines/