Comments on: Electronic newsboy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/26/electronic-newsboy/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/26/electronic-newsboy/#comment-961195 Stannous Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:51:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/26/electronic-newsboy/#comment-961195 I like this issue's cover: Picture-next-to-picture. Reminds me of the TAXI episode where Jim Ignatowski buys a wall full of TV and gets hooked on C-Span. I like this issue’s cover: Picture-next-to-picture. Reminds me of the TAXI episode where Jim Ignatowski buys a wall full of TV and gets hooked on C-Span.

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/26/electronic-newsboy/#comment-960503 Charlie Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:19:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/26/electronic-newsboy/#comment-960503 Jayessel: Yeah there are a bunch of them that I've posted, but I'm having a bit of trouble finding them :) I need to add better tagging to my posts. Here is one from 1935: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/16/television-will-carry-the-mails/ But this is by far my favorite one, it's a color fax machine from 1946 that uses colored pencils! http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/08/worlds-first-color-fax-machine-1946/ The result, on the <a href="http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/08/worlds-first-color-fax-machine-1946/?Qwd=./PopularScience/11-1947/color_fax&Qif=color_fax_5.jpg&Qiv=thumbs&Qis=XL#qdig" rel="nofollow">cover</a>, looks just like an Inkjet print out: Jayessel: Yeah there are a bunch of them that I’ve posted, but I’m having a bit of trouble finding them :) I need to add better tagging to my posts.

Here is one from 1935:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com.....the-mails/

But this is by far my favorite one, it’s a color fax machine from 1946 that uses colored pencils!
http://blog.modernmechanix.com.....hine-1946/

The result, on the cover, looks just like an Inkjet print out:

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/26/electronic-newsboy/#comment-960437 jayessell Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:57:39 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/26/electronic-newsboy/#comment-960437 Wasn't there something in the 1930s that did this? It was suppossed to be educational. Wasn’t there something in the 1930s that did this?

It was suppossed to be educational.

]]> By: Thundercat http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/26/electronic-newsboy/#comment-960286 Thundercat Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:06:07 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/26/electronic-newsboy/#comment-960286 Wow, at 6 minutes per page the sunday paper would take like 9 hours to print! Wow, at 6 minutes per page the sunday paper would take like 9 hours to print!

]]> By: fluffy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/26/electronic-newsboy/#comment-958694 fluffy Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:59:37 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/26/electronic-newsboy/#comment-958694 Kindle seems cheap by comparison, considering inflation etc. Kindle seems cheap by comparison, considering inflation etc.

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