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MineralMan

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2. I was responsible for one of those back in the day.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2019, 10:21 AM

Sep 2019

I hated that job with a fiery passion. The Xerox 914 was a horrible machine to keep working properly. Nobody was allowed to do anything to it without training. At the place I worked, there was someone whose full-time job was to wait by the copier for people who needed copies. Ordinary people couldn't even make a copy.

After about two months of that, I asked for and got a transfer to the warehouse.

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60 Years Ago Today: The first commercial photocopier, Xerox 914, is introduced on live TV [View all] Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 OP

Great book about it....... USALiberal Sep 2019 #1

I was responsible for one of those back in the day. MineralMan Sep 2019 #2

I was a "key operator" for a year. Loved that job! SharonAnn Sep 2019 #3

that was part of my work-study job in college. mopinko Sep 2019 #4

xerox corp was a sneaky bunch. mopinko Sep 2019 #5