Re: Scanners for linux (slightly OT)

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:25:03 +0000, Phil wrote:

Not sure about the fax, but I have never seen the point of turning ascii
text into a bitmap and sending it down a phoneline.

I guess if someone had developed a cheap telex machine before cheap fax
machines made an appearance, nobody else would be able to see the point
of it either. It's rather a shame they didn't really.

Faxes are well on the way to obsolescence now though.
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