• affenlehrer@feddit.org
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      1 month ago

      52k modems where cool but fax machines… fuck fax machines. If you ever dialed one by accident you know what I mean.

        • ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com
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          1 month ago

          I see them in medical environments sometimes. Occasionally simpler than finding some compatible network method that complies with all the privacy requirements to just send screaming screeches direct point to point.

          • That’s usually because regulations were made that you have to use a fax, so that’s what they still do. I heard that this was because you can correlate phone records to the date and time on the fax to prove who sent it.

          • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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            1 month ago

            Yeah. I guess that checks out.

            I bet you could make lots of money introducing them to the copy machines that can also automatically scan and email documents…