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[eustacetilley]

Mr Downtown wrote:
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Drum Facsimile was already obsolete by the time of "Columbo".

I don't know. At Arthur Andersen World Headquarters in 1982-83 we still had a special room and staff for such things. And my next employer had an Exxon Qwip into the late 1980s.
I should have been more specific- traditional Drum Facsimile using Thermal technology was already obsolete- the "Bullitt" shot shows the then new Xerox Magnafax. (This was one reason why Western Union were dumping their old machines.)
The Xerox/Magnavox Magnafax Telecopier used two sheets of paper- one carbon, one plain. There were fixed single sheet and rotating drum versions. It was all-analog, and very slow.
Now about "Bullitt"... this is one rare movie where, other than counting hubcaps, attention should be paid to the sound effects and score. This is really well done; just the sound of the Magnafax revving up and chucking along builds tension into the scene, right down to where it winds down at the end, and then The Reveal.

Eustace

[eustacetilley]

WHiiP wrote:
Mom remained twenty-nine when asked for a clue,
I am currently twice my Mom's age, Mom's age times two.

Ok, lets see... 29 X 2 = 58 X 2 = 116 years old.

Like I said, "You could be the oldest man in the world." :peace:




miley-laughing001:

But for a semi-colon, the meaning is marred.
I'll fix it right now, Math really is hard.

Eustace

[WHiiP]

I can only work with what you give me . . .




miley-shocked003: :biggrin: :oldfogey:

[Rolando]

Even in the 90's, I remember the move US Marshalls making a big deal over a "video print"