XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-11-18 18:31, Dennis Boone wrote:   
   >   > Telex calls were charged by the minute and most Telex machines had paper   
   >   > tape readers and punches, so what one usually did was to type up the   
   >   > message on tape first, then make the call and run the tape through at   
   >   > full speed.   
   >   
   > Later, say late 70s / early 80s, devices like HP 264x terminals with   
   > cassette data storage drives were used to pre-type and store messages,   
   > then send from tape.  I saw this exact setup used in a government office   
   > in Saudi Arabia.   
      
   I knew telex was used, but I never worked at, or visited, a place using   
   them.   
      
   What I did use was telegrams. I seem to have a vague memory that you   
   could also send a telex from a post office, but I may be imagining it.   
      
   We could send faxes from a post office. We still can, I think. It is   
   called "burofax", and it has legal standing. I mean, you send one and it   
   is considered a certified method of communication. For example, to leave   
   your job, one legal method was to send a burofax.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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