fax machine

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The result is chaos, and a few too many jokes about young people not knowing how to work a fax machine or manage paper.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

In 1979, he started a document courier service that expanded faster than sales, lost the faith of investors and went bankrupt following the advent of the fax machine and the 1987 market crash.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023

The fax machine is about to be pushed closer to the dustbin of history.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2022

After all, the nation known for Nintendo games, Lexus sportscars and other gadgetry galore also loves the fax machine and the traditional “hanko” seals that work as analog signatures.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022

Sharp introduced the first low- priced fax machine in 1984, and sold about 80,000 of those machines in the United States in that first year.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell