"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 8/21/2014 5:54 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> I remember when we got a fax machine at work. It was a serious problem
>> child, acting up more often than not and for some reason, wasting lots
>> of paper. My boss made it a rule than only certain people could touch
>> it. I was not one of them. The ones who could use it used to curse at
>> it. Then one day people were out sick and there was nobody who had been
>> trained to use it. My boss didn't even know how to use it. So he asked
>> me to do it. I couldn't figure it out and asked a friend to help and
>> between the two of us, we could not get it. I think he finally just
>> drove to Kinkos or something.
>>
>> I did actually have an all in one that was hooked up with the fax
>> machine when I lived in CA. It was a breeze to use. I didn't even have
>> to read the instructions.
>
> Back in the old days, when computers had modems, I sent out a lot of faxes
> directly from the computer. It was great because I'd write letters and use
> the Microsoft fax printer driver to send it out straight away. When I
> switched to dedicated fax machines, it was sort of a step backwards.

I had a modem in CA. That's when I sent faxes.