Retro Tech Tuesday: Fight fires with faxes!

The fax machine. Much maligned, and yet a crucial tool for business through the 90's that still won't quite go away. But did you know fax machines also fight fires? It's true, at least if this late 80's commercial is to be believed. While an interesting premise to sell fax machines, I think they are being a bit generous with how long it took (and continues to take) to get a two-page fax. I'm pretty sure the building would be burned to the ground before out tech-forward firefighters made it there. Especially if there was a cover page.