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To: Valin
National day to be a copycat

1938 Chester Carlson invents the photocopier. He tries to sell the machine to IBM, RCA, Kodak and others, but they see no use for a gadget that makes nothing but copies.


Hmmm. I wonder...are these two historical events related. :)
35 posted on 10/22/2003 7:37:35 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it
Man! Nothing gets by you does it? :-)
38 posted on 10/22/2003 8:08:10 AM PDT by Valin (A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject)
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