[GreenKeys] FAX in an early movie

Richard Dillman ddillman at igc.org
Wed Jan 20 16:22:33 EST 2016


>Not only an old fax machine, but they use an acoustic coupler to connect it to the phone line.
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>The movie doesn't discuss the use of an audio carrier for the analog brightness signal, but aside from that it's pretty good.  I like their use of the string rolling machine to demonstrate scanning.

Yeah, that was pretty cool.

There's another great FAX scene in Bullitt

RD

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