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5. Not to be too pedantic
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 07:56 PM
Feb 2016

but I believe that's a Telex machine, not a traditional telegraph, unless Telex is considered an "electrical telegraph" (technically, all telegraph mechanisms are "electrical&quot . It looks like an early Telex (they had rotary dials, pushbuttons came later), but it's a nice specimen. I assume this is in some museum somewhere.

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Time marches backward olddots Feb 2016 #1
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He did Tab Feb 2016 #4
That's the story I heard from several musician friends at the time. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #6
Myspace? Botany Feb 2016 #3
Not to be too pedantic Tab Feb 2016 #5
I think you might be right Botany Feb 2016 #7
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Classy sure BumRushDaShow Feb 2016 #15
That is a goddamned gorgeous piece of equipment. byronius Feb 2016 #10
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