Here in Argentina doesn't work at all. Bring back Perón and his clones.
That used to be true in my country too. For some bureaucratic issues, fax was legal-binding. For example, for public health/social pharmaceutical deliveries, it acted as a valid receipt, it was "official". I noted fax used to improve delivery times, reducing errors.
Also there was that psychological effect of paper.
On the Health&Edu sector, most of the secretaries were young girls and they loved to be written something after the official receipt was delivered (the first page in the call). I would write them something as a personal sidenote, and they will do the office work like a charm. Low-rank bureaucrats love to be addressed. These "Social skills" were not used on the official first page of course, but it worked! It saved me lots of headache and phone-drama.
Fax is vintage tech since at least a decade, but it was useful.
My first contact with them was not on a fax machine, but using a Sportster Winmodem/fax. Faxing was possible using a Windows 3.1 computer, using QuickLink II software.
Later on, I got this "marvelous" Panasonic KX-FT38 fax machine, with its markings in Spanish of course. A noble 300dpi device, with 20min digital recorder for voice and data (delayed thermal printing was possible). Also has an automatic cutting blade. 14.4 kilobauds of pure faxing power!
It was so nice I even didn't care to remove its tacky stickers.
I used it daily. Somewhat people REPLIED to fax transmissions, as it served to speed response time on bureaucratic nonsense. Secretaries did their thing when they got a fax with their names handwritten on them. IDKW but it worked.
I loved the Plan9 bootcamp. Every time I learn a bit more about the shared system. Although drawterm is quite slow, its small footprint brings joy. It has graphical capabilities too.
Fuse is a ZX Spectrum emulator.
I used a DEC WPS-8 or something like that. It uset a software called WP78 on a VT-52 PDP-8-based word processing system.
Cronica chinese was a truly a misunderstood asian hacker in full disguise. He was a hardcore IA asm programmer, and devised one of the first positronic brain robots, in the guise of a green parrot. RIP Chao Feng. You will not be forgotten.
Mine was Mazinger Z. At the time it broadcasted, all we have was these naive 1930s/40s american Merry Melodies, or Hanna's Barbera Yogi bear. Watching a japanese dude driving that gigantic colorful robot, and fight a mechanical monster by the name of "Genocidal R-4", who destroys entire cities, was pure insane. It was a funny show for the age I watched it.
GTK2 may be dead but no forgotten...
That's nice to compute. I will know my corporal mass now.
Lovely JVM. It reminds me of Irix!
In my oppinion, just "dial tones" are not enough. The answering line noises of the european and american telephone switches should be added for max pleasure!