William, there was a time when we had to use typewriters with white-out. Copiers were called Xerox machines. If you wanted to send somone a document you had to mail it or hand deliver it. When you left the office, you had to call in for messages from a payphone or just enjoy the day without being bothered.
Then someone got the smart idea for pagers and it all went to hell from there.
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i actually had a professor of electrical engineering tell our class ~1977 that he didn't think the fax machine would meet with much public approval.
pausing in his lecture, he noted that perhaps the orientals would use it because of their script languages.
talk about a ph.d. out to lunch!
Paging rebelbase. Incoming commo.