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[-] johnjamesautobahn@beehaw.org 14 points 6 months ago

Mechanically encoded to paper tape, then electronically transmitted via undersea cable, then reversed on the other end for printing. Complex!

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 6 months ago

The alpha phase of the Internet.

[-] fkn@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Fax, predating the telephone by about 7 years.

[-] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 9 points 6 months ago

This link from the mastodon poster has a sample of what the images looked like. http://www.hffax.de/history/html/bartlane.html

[-] rimu@piefed.social 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks, I was wondering about the resolution. Better than I expected, those dots are quite tiny!

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