My radioman invents the FAX

[Rip]

Just got a message saying we have fax traffic. I intend to put him up for a medal when we return. No telling what the early invention of the fax will have an effect on.

[Snowman999]

Originally Posted by Rip

Just got a message saying we have fax traffic. I intend to put him up for a medal when we return. No telling what the early invention of the fax will have an effect on.

I think that should be "Fox". The fleet broadcast copied every night when surfaced. Contained messages to multiple subs broadcast to all.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Snowman999

I think that should be "Fox". The fleet broadcast copied every night when surfaced. Contained messages to multiple subs broadcast to all.

Consider the fact that most if not all of the dev team couldn't speak a lick of english. Small wonder about a few typo's.:rotfl:

[ryuzu]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Consider the fact that most if not all of the dev team couldn't speak a lick of english. Small wonder about a few typo's.:rotfl:

I haven't seen it written as "Fax" yet - perhaps the OP misread the text in the game...

r.

[FIREWALL]

I keep stumbling onto one kool thing after another that I haven't noticed yet.

[jimmie]

They didn't even have a telex then

[Rip]

Originally Posted by ryuzu

I haven't seen it written as "Fax" yet - perhaps the OP misread the text in the game...

r.

I probably did. At 1920x1200 I find most of the text very hard to read. Causing me to put on my glasses and get closer to the monitor. Of course that makes the 3D graphics look even worse. I tried it a 1024x768 in a window which the 3D looks nice in. Of course then it only fills about a quarter of my screen and all the text is still extremely small.

The messages seem to be lacking a date/time stamp as well.

[Capt.LoneRanger]

It's FOX for sure on my PC.

[Faamecanic]

Originally Posted by ryuzu

I haven't seen it written as "Fax" yet - perhaps the OP misread the text in the game...

r.

Ok who let Bernard on the boat!!! :rotfl:

[joea]

Originally Posted by Faamecanic

Ok who let Bernard on the boat!!! :rotfl:

His name is Parker.

[Gildor]

They used a FAX machine to transmit weather charts, maps and orders during World War 2.

Early FAX machines were in use in the 19th century and became commercially used in the early 20th century (1920s era)

http://www.hffax.de/html/hauptteil_faxhistory.htm

1902 Prof. Dr. Arthur Korn, a German, demonstrated the first photo-electric scanning fax system. The previous methods had depended upon Bain’s contact-scanning technique. In 1902, Prof. Dr. Arthur Korn developed a photoelectric scanning system for the transmission and reproduction of photography, and in 1907, he established a commercial picture transmission system. This system eventually linked Berlin, London and Paris and became the world’s first facsimile network.


I remember during my time in the NAVY seeing a machine in a back room that was a transmitter/reciever of photos,documents etc. in use during WW2.


The object to be transmitted was "taped" to a drum that was scanned and sent. To receive a blank paper was "taped" to a drum and printed.



They were not as fast as today's FAX machines, but they were around.

[Gildor]

Originally Posted by jimmie

They didn't even have a telex then

Look it up. Teletype machines were in use.

[don1reed]

Actually, Facsimile, goes back to 1843.

see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax

[Mylander]

Well, as long as it was a REASONABLE facsimile. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Mylander

[jimmie]

Originally Posted by Gildor

Look it up. Teletype machines were in use.

Thanks for enlightening me. I've become slightly cleverer.