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Partial jest!

We used to have fax machines on the equipment pile we deployed with to "the field" (out of the office).

Problem is all the fax machines we had were analog, and they no longer work on the digital phone systems most buildings now have.

Now we just scan and email the pdf, or take a picture with our phones and email the jpg in a pinch.

To be honest, we don't miss them! Of course, every now and then one of the older types grumbles about not having a fax machine cuz they don't know what a pdf is...

Hi Jim,

Sadly, I assure you I am painfully aware of how much "old" technology is still in use in the govt.

We have plenty of software that only runs on XP and we probably have 15 - 20 laptops still running it...

They are standalone systems that are not allowed on the company or govt nets due to the obvious security issues.

Hi all

When I was stationed at Los Angeles Air Force Station, I was a General's Aide. The General had a taste for anything new.

So, a Word Processor was delivered and set up. General Henry told me, you are going to make this thing work. This was in the early 1970's. It had a floppy disk that only held on page only. I had no idea what I was doing, but after a month got it working. The General wife used to visit quite often, the General would go down to my office and he'd ask me for a smokes, we'd sit there smoking and talking about old times. His wife never knew.

Stampmaster