[HN Gopher] Xerox 914
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       Xerox 914
        
       Author : mmastrac
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2022-09-30 16:43 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | siverson914 wrote:
       | Neat. This part:
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       | > The machine was mechanically complex. It required a large
       | technical support force,[2] and had a tendency to catch fire when
       | overheated. Because of the problem, the Xerox company provided a
       | "scorch eliminator", which was actually a small fire
       | extinguisher, along with the copier.[1]
       | 
       | Sounds a lot like the Porsche 914 too. :)
        
       | AlbertCory wrote:
       | It was the profits from this that made Xerox PARC possible, a
       | little over a decade later. Xerox's monopoly on copiers was going
       | away, and they thought they'd get ahead of the curve and invent
       | the _next_ generation of office technology.
       | 
       | In my 6 1/2 years there, I never met anyone who worked on optical
       | copiers, and never went to Rochester or Stamford (although lots
       | of friends did). I certainly did meet lots of people working on
       | the new generation of laser printers.
        
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