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To: Scrapps who wrote (19602)10/26/1999 8:36:00 AM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 22053
 
Here's an engineering solution to a technical problem c. 1959:

Excerpt from a WSJ story -

Xerox Corp. invented the plain-paper copier. And copiers have come a long way from the first Xerox model 914 sold in 1959, which had a single green button and came with a fire extinguisher, or "scorch eliminator," because paper in the machine sometimes caught fire.

Life was so simple then.