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- Qwip Facsimile Transceiver, 1975-1985 - The Qwip is an early telephone-transmission fax machine. To transmit a document, two people established a telephone voice connection--a document attached to the drum of one fax machine, blank paper to the other. The transmitting Qwip read the document line by line, converting image into sound. The receiving fax then reassembled the sound back into a printed image.
- 1975-1985
- Collections - Artifact
Qwip Facsimile Transceiver, 1975-1985
The Qwip is an early telephone-transmission fax machine. To transmit a document, two people established a telephone voice connection--a document attached to the drum of one fax machine, blank paper to the other. The transmitting Qwip read the document line by line, converting image into sound. The receiving fax then reassembled the sound back into a printed image.