Why we have to Save The Humble Fax Machine! // 90s Facsimile Repair 📠
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 Published On Dec 9, 2023

💬 TO COMMENT ON THIS VIDEO YOU CAN SEND A FAX TO: +1 747 PERIFAX (7374329)* 📠
#SaveTheFax #UseItOrLoseIt #BackToFax With thanks to http://PCBWay.com - great PCBs from $5!
ⓘ *Ignore transmission failures to our vintage fax; it doesn't have ECM which some fax services misinterpret as an error. Your fax worked! Thank you.
ⓘ You can send free faxes with many phone apps or websites like ifaxapp.com or faxzero.com.
ⓘ Faxes from withheld numbers not accepted. Sending abusive content via phone system is a crime & will be reported to local police & service provider.

The purpose of this video is to raise awareness in a fun way of technologies we may be about to lose, so that we don't. In 2023 UK government removed the requirement for phone companies to support facsimile machines, which means we're at risk of losing if not using a great technology that's more secure & robust than email, and works where there's no Internet. To help the cause I've become intrigued by the idea of receiving comments for such a modern medium as YouTube, via such a soon-to-be obsolete and some say archaic technology as fax, right down to getting an old copper wire POTS (plain old telephone service) landline installed. And to achieve this in the most nostalgic way possible I want to hunt down the exact model Brother or Samsung fax machine I had as a teen when I worked for Amiga music software company The Blue Ribbon Soundworks, and even do a fax repair on it if needed. Join me and let's go back to fax!

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RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
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MUSIC CRUDITES:
• Knight Rider music by Stu Phillips & Don Peake remixed by:    / @enzomusic_de  
• Homebrew Channel music by   / _drmr_   / FM Remix by meltsrap / @Turret3471
• Eyes Without A Face by Billy Idol remixed by:    / @metalsonic19891  
• What's On Your Mind by Information Factory (Karaoke ver)
• More Than This by Roxy Music (Karaoke ver)
• Other music by Perifractic: http://retrorecip.es/music

OTHER SAUCES & CHEERS:
• elektromap
• Ashleyfractic
• The Secret Life of the Fax Machine:    / @timhunkin1  
• Fax History: https://efax.com
• How Fax Works:    / @techquickie  
• We Got One!:    / @onemoreplease  
• Dr Jeffrey Race: raceman729 on http://eBay.com
• slimslob and http://copytechnet.com
• Assistant Editor: Sami Häyrynen
• Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons
• The Internet Archive
• Gardenside Prods., Clue Detectives & Paradise Radio
• Special thanks to Ladyfractic & Junifractic!
• All other media featured is marked as public domain on Google Images or used with written permission or shown under fair use law.

MENU:
0:00 Use fax or lose fax
1:30 Who still uses fax
2:38 Brief history of the fax
4:00 How faxes work
5:21 Benefits of the fax
6:17 Replacing comments with faxes
8:09 Finding my teen machine / Blue Ribbon
12:19 Buying a 90s fax today
13:54 Installing a copper wire phone line
19:43 Fax machine unboxing & setup
22:54 Fax repair
28:08 Conclusion & Supporter Credits

THANK YOU MODERATORS:
• Conrad Vogel
•    / @cubiclenate  
• James Langridge
• Lee Volante
• Mauricio Tonnera

SOME INGREDIENTS BY:
• http://MattGrandis.net - designer of https://perifractic.com site
•   / _gazmarshall   - some graphics
• http://PaulKitching3d.com - some 3D models

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*Some links may offer some peanuts to support this retrochannel but all opinions are 100% unbiased.

#fax #repair #nostalgia #80s #90s

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