IBM ScanMaster

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Apr 4 00:11:20 2001

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, John Allain wrote:

>
> There's a nice view of a ~1960's Fax machine in the movie
> "Bullitt". They put a photo on a drum, and drum is scanned
> like an old edison cylinder phonograph (but optically). Spins
> real fast, had a turbine whine as remembered.
>
> First fax machine was over 100 years ago with synchronized
> pendulums. Will scan <g> an old Scientific American if there's
> interest.

How do you synchronize to a remote pendulum?

                                                 - don
 
> John A.
>
>
Received on Wed Apr 04 2001 - 00:11:20 BST