Early facsimile
October 24th, 2007
Question: Before faxes were faxes, they were called by the brand name of the sending and receiving device. Name this 1970’s era product.
- TCS
- QWP
- XAF
Answer: QWP
QWP (pronounced quip) was made by Exxon Data Systems of Stamford, Connecticut. The device forced you to roll a sheet of paper around a drum, dial the phone number of the receiving machine, and put the phone’s earpiece into an acoustical coupler.
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