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...When a customer asks for reservations, the ticket clerk dials a code number that indicates his route, and the TV screen pictures a chart showing space available for up to 16 weeks ahead. Dialing another number then brings on a reservations clerk, who puts the requested tickets in an Intrafax machine that reproduces them on a printer at the counter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jan. 14, 1957 | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

Mechanical Messenger. In Atlantic City, Western Union showed, off its new "Intrafax" facsimile machine for use by private companies. The machine sends exact copies of sales slips, balance sheets, drawings, telegrams and letters, and it can be used between office floors or neighboring buildings. The sender places a letter on a metal drum, then presses a button. An electric eye scans the letter, reproducing it on paper on another machine in the receiver's office in a few seconds. Price: $648 and up for a year's lease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Oct. 6, 1952 | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

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