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Old 03-22-2016, 08:36 AM   #45
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Default Re: 1980s American Cars, Guns, Gadgets and Consumer Goods [Atmosphere, look, minutiae

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Originally Posted by sjard View Post
In 1988? That was called a photocopy sent through a fax machine if you didn't mind it being blury. Or a direct five/ten card (a card with the prints of each finger on one/both hands) sent via the postal system.
Scanners were reasonably common in '88. You could get a handheld unit (multiple passes per regular page) for a couple hundred bucks and even Apple got into the market.

By that time, IBM PS/2 386 computers, Ataris & Amigas were out, Apple was up to System 6...
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