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hi loved the video as i do all of your videos and look forward to them every week . if it was not for your review of the s500 mini i would most likely have not bought one. am shocked to here that you get death threats. i would have thought anyone who left comments would only send positive ones as your videos are good and entertaining . this is my first time comment although I've been watching for years.
I’m glad I still have a fax machine. Yes, I have a fax machine embedded in my printer tied into a landline. Yes I have landline. Don’t pay the haters any attention. They have no imagination or appreciation for things they don’t have the bandwidth to understand.
@@g-wolf9445 I think I tried to send you a reply fax and although I heard your fax tone, a connection between ours couldn't be established... if you're in NM?
I’ve been a supporter of your channel for a few years now - and I’ve loved every video you guys have produced. I know the hard work you put into these - and as I’ve said many times in the past, it’s absolutely appreciated and enjoyed. For all the bad comments, I hope you see that the good ones far outweigh them. Wishing you guys all the best.
I couldn't wrap my head around that either. I would have thought you were one of the least offensive channels out there? (not excusing any kind of abuse but...) On a funnier note, the telephone company sending out 2 trucks and guys who looked like they were suited up to build a nuclear bunker? Is all america like that?! :)
You need to filter out these, but on single level, democracy, the more blocks the less energie they are getting back. Even this message is bad. My Dad always learned and told me, ignoring is the best thing to do. And i still believe in that. Throw the comments away like coffee filter ;) @@RetroRecipes
I really appreciate the channel. My 2¢: the comments section is a great place for learning - so please don’t disable it. Ignore hateful comments - just negative people who get pleasure from putting others down. Easier said than done, and that’s why we can’t have nice things. Just know that the rest of us will continue to enjoy all the nice things you show on the channel, and the great positive energy of the hosts and guests!
You're right, and I've learned that in some pieces of nasty feedback is a nugget of gold to be listened to. It has certainly helped me improve many things such as audio quality over the 5+ years.
Watching this from Austria and having German language adverts has added a whole new level. Awesome video. Well done on the PSU repair, I would have given up long ago...
Just sent you a fax comment (I think!). Have loved your channel for a long time - down to the little squeaky sound dub you use whenever someone is screwing in something! It’s brilliant, nostalgic, reassuring, and wholesome content. Please keep it up since we love the Retro Recipe family!
Wow another great video, I was so cross when you said people were leaving those horrible type of comments. *hugs* to you and your whole family. I totally agree with you about the phone lines being a great backup. There will be a time when the internet goes down due to an emergency and/or power outage and most people will have no idea what is going in. Where I live we can no longer get land lines at all. So I have a few, nice SW & HAM radios so at least I might be able to hear what is happening if it's long term. As far as fax technology, without getting too specific, there are still parts of the government that only uses secure faxes to transmit certain types of information as it's by far still the most secure in that arena.
I know a kind person when I see one, even if it's through a RUclips video. And you two absolutely fall into that category. How can someone not like you? I'm shocked, really. 😢 People sending death threats should be prosecuted, period.
It is all so sad. Internet community used be so different in the early days. Mostly geeks. The sense of wonder and excitement... Made such great friends. Now it is all full of toxity.. cannot have any intelligent conversation. It is really depressing. Thanks keeping the dream alive for the better world with hope and wonder.
Punkt phone is a great simple alternative to the modern day smarthpone. It is streamlined to allow just text messages and calls, but also allows for hotspot so you can connect a computer to the internet if needed when traveling.
Love it - I was not aware RTC phone lines were disappearing so fast. Very informative, and showing a tremendous patience in fixing this old Samsung. Just sent a fax, I hope it’s not too noisy although I paid attention to the timezone to not awake the family! Cheerz!
My fragile retro soul dances on calming 80's neon clouds every time you release a new video! How anyone could not love the fractic family is beyond my bits! Just yesterday when I was installing a new recepticle I instinctively made the little squeaking sound. You guys are faxing brilliant, wholesome and one of my absolute favourite channels and I feel privileged to share the same spacetime with you on this planet. Lots of love from the frozen tundras of Santa Claus land!
It's terrible that such a heartfelt and obviously well-meaning channel (and presenters) focusing on some of the most universal and innocent nostalgia possible is getting grief. Do what you need to do to keep your family safe and also know that there are a lot more of us out there that respect you and appreciate the way your content affects our lives for the better. Minimise the stress where you can, but please keep fighting the good fight.
Really cool episode which reminded me that I still have my old fax machine boxed away somewhere in the attic, its prehistoric and hasnt been used since the last ice age but dont fret as I have an ancient Brother A3 office printer that i picked up at a local charity shop for £15 that also has fax, hurrah...pity i dont have a landline anymore!
Oh man, same here. I just felt disappointed by that phone call to Spectrum, especially considering how Peri talked about how saddened he felt about getting rude comments. I mean, getting upset that a VoIP company didn't provide landline service came off like someone who was incredulous because they couldn't understand that McDonald's didn't sell Whoppers.
Spectrum never did regular landline phones, so it's not surprising it couldn't work and they had no idea how to direct his request. Otherwise, it's just some random person who's barely trained who can't say no.
@@nickfifteen Yeah I felt genuinely sorry for the lady on the phone having to cop that nonsense. The VoIP service would've worked fine for fax and pining over a traditional central office landline is wild. Looks like the PSTN landline will go the way of the dodo in 2025 in the USA. I genuinely adore all Retro Recipes videos but this one has given me a sour aftertaste.
I think most of those people sending particularly nasty comments as you described would: 1. not say it to you or your wife IRL and 2. have something deeply wrong with their own life and are trying to cope through psychological projection. To counteract the negative energy: I have always liked your videos and you folks seem like good human beings.
I've realized that a comment or two I've made in the distant past was rude and insensitive and I apologize for that. I've spent the past couple of years or so being more mindful of such things. You do good work, my friend.
That takes a lot to admit to and you have my instant respect for it. I don't specifically remember your comments, but am always happy to live in the present. Thank you for sharing all that.
Why would anyone say stuff like that on a channel that's all about retro the world can be a messed up place at times. Love the video and may even send a fax as not sent one for a long time 🙂. As always great work and am so looking forward to seeing what you bring us all next. You guys take care and have a great weekend🙂🙂
I agree, but it's even more absurd at non controversial spaces like this. If this were a political channel or something like that, it would be a bit more expected. I wish you, them and everybody else here a lovely holiday season. 🎄☃❄️ @@jwb718
Awesome video, i remember setting up a fax using a PC back in the day so my aunt could use it in her business I really cant understand why people would be nasty towards you. you are the sweetest kindest people maybe they don't like beautiful people or just jealous. sending you both big hugs
I am impressed by you perseverance to save this fax machine, I would have given up long before this! I have used plenty of fax machines during their peak, but never found them as a piece of technology I would preserve.
Worked for the state public safety agency here in TX for over 30 years. The first seven were in the communications service handling telephone calls from the public and other LE agencies, lots of faxing documents. That was in the mid 80s. There as a second device duplexed with the fax, called a TDD, it was used to communicate with deaf persons. Maybe TDD was the precursor for texting? Still keep a fax machine in storage just in case it might be needed, next to it is a box of ballpoint pens and several pads of lined tablets. I really enjoy your videos!
I have watched your videos as well over the past few years and your content is always great, interesting, informative and engaging. Please keep these videos coming, I hope you both get more positive comments than negative and keep it all in perspective. You guys rock!
We still use faxes at work. Although we use e-fax instead of actual fax machines. Despite the availability of e-mails and secure document capabilities customers feel better sending sensitive stuffs via fax when in fact we get them via e-mail from e-fax service. Although the e-mails are secured via TLS during transmission to our e-mail servers. Faxes will be around for few more years.
It's been a while since I had a landline, but my understanding is that the "baby Bells" essentially have a monopoly on telephone lines. So, you'd have to call your local phone company to get a line installed (that is, old school telephone line as opposed to VoIP).
I was lucky when I bought a Portastudio from Canada that it has a jumper you could reposition to swap back from 110v to 240v. Good job I thought of that before simply plugging it in in my excitement! Great repair job. The printer at work used to receive faxes and most of the time all we got were the equivalent of spam emails today. Offers of cheap holiday packages where you had to send the money off first and stuff like that. Beware of anyone trying to sign you up for a time share deal on a Spanish island! As for stupid people with idiotic comments, sadly these knobheads live amongst us but Darwin usually ensures they don’t live long and prosper. Keep up the great work. Sorry for the long comment but I have to mention the hard drive on the Amiga you showed, that I lusted after as a kid. I think it was 240Mb if memory serves. I did end up with a Amiga 600 with an internal 200Mb drive! Geoff Crammond’s F1 GP was the first game to reside on that!
Watching this in the gym this morning, I must admit my heart did sink a bit and was just sad that both you have to put up with the vitriol that comes through. Surely this isn't from the true retro community and probably some sad keyboard warrior. Enough said, so wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and a New Year. Keep the good work up 👍
I retired in 2016, and at that time my employer was still using fax machines. We had at least three, with different phone numbers. Also, about three years after that, I had to send a couple of faxes related to (I think) a real estate transaction, and had to go to a UPS Store in Nevada to get them to send it. Faxes are very much alive and well.
Another epic repair by Perifractic! That's cool you can still have a copper pair installed to your house. Where I live (France) the old copper network started to be phased out this year and it's no more possible to have an old RTC (PSTN) plug from network companies. Fax can still be used but through the IP network.
Brill as usual. Proper blast from the past. There will always be haters, thats a reflection on them not you. Keep up the good work.... all the best from Manchester, UK x
Here in Australia they got rid of the copper phone lines a few years ago with the rollout of our national broadband network. In some areas they do still use the copper lines themselves for broadband, either fibre to the node or fibre to the curb (more correctly kerb, not curb as in "restrain"). Because they had to cut the lines and connect them to broadband node, they no longer connect back to the exchange, so they can't be used for a POTS phone line. And in areas where they upgraded to HFC cable or fibre, they simply no longer offer POTS phone services, so you can't get one even though the copper lines are still there. Actually, a few years ago I repurposed some old Cisco gear to build a dial-up simulator. It was basically my own personal dial-up ISP, but I was using digital modems so I could get the full 56Kbps speed rather than the 33.6Kbps maximum of a regular analogue modem. Unfortunately it was pretty useless since there were no longer any POTS phone lines to dial into it (or rather ISDN lines, since it was digital rather than POTS), but I could connect a 56K modem directly and get the full speed.
Ten years ago I replaced a multi-function printer for a non-profit I used to volunteer at. The multi-function had print/ copy/ scan/ fax features. The VP of the non-profit saw the printer had a fax option, and wondered why we weren't using it? If any receipts were sent, they were received by email. No need to pay for a land line that requires a long distance plan to be useful.
Copper is being phased out in uk also by bt new copper installs are not avalible to anyone after sep 5th 2023 the landline plugs in the router 👍🏻 battery backup is avalible if you need to not loose power else no phone #thefuture
Sudden explosion in eFax accounts 😁 Thank you for a lovely episode. For some time I've been wanting to get a landline phone. Right now I'm considering a 'GSM Gateway', a box with a SIM slot and RJ11 socket. That is probably the closest I'll get to it. The 80's and 90's had some well-designed handset models.
Such a fun and interesting video. - I can see under your eyes that the nights are short. Babyfractic is handful I guess. But Ladyfractic is radiant! - Ashleyfractic !!! - What an amazing job on the connector and then on fixing the PCB components. Your perseverance and troubleshooting skills never cease to amaze me.
You are two beautiful people sharing a small and interesting part of yourselves with the rest of the world through RUclips. The audience, we, are lucky that you share and engage with your wit and love of nostalgic tech, and the wonder and innocence of childhood. Maybe just dont read the comments and get on with your lives irregardless? Or remember, that there are many many more people that appreciate you giving them a lovely escape from their daily grind than those that don't. Peace ✌️❤
When I started work in 2003 I had a fax machine on my desk, the Samsung SF-3100, it was an inkjet fax machine so you didn't need expensive thermal fax paper. I hardly sent any faxes using it, email was taking over from the fax, though we did have one supplier who we had to send orders to via fax. We had it set, so that people had to ring up before and say I want to send a fax, because you used to get spam faxes, if you left it on auto answer there was the possibility of arriving next morning to find all your paper and ink wasted on spam messages.
Now finally you can get into contact with The Hoff, who is still one of the greatest celebrities in Germany (East and West!). David Hasselhoff is maintaining his fax machine service to stay in contact with his most dear fans. A lot of elderly ladies receive their monthly edition of a Hasselhoff newsletter.
Definitely no hate comments from me. You are all a beacon of nostalgic light in this too-toxic world. I have never used a fax although there was one at the company I used to work at. I take it Ladyfractic doesn't appreciate a long screw? Maybe she's just too busy. Great video Perifractic.
So dang cool and thank you for the nostalgia trip! I used to work on POTS lines and worked on a lot of fax equipment in the mid 2000s. It never dawned on me that Local Exchange Carriers would try to phase this out. But then again VoIP is inexpensive for them.
Excellent vid - the circuit repair certainly took me back a couple of decades ! ( so many fried resistors missed on the first pass... so many... ) I have a FAX machine lurking here somewhere... hmmm... As for the negative commentary - I'm truly saddened with that but be assured you've got a lot of love here for what you and Lady Fractic do, demonstrate and stand for. Merry Christmas from mine to yours.
Reminds me of a time when tech enthusiasts had the following setup. A giant copying machine A "small" office laserprinter about the same size as the copying machine A scanner the size of a VCR A telephone/Fax machine A pager And a brick cellphone with about 30 minutes of batterylife to call their friends and say "You will not believe where I'm calling from" before the battery whent flat. I also love these wholesome nostalgic videos
I remember when you could call an answering machine at the electronics retailer, dial the part number for a component that you found in their gigantic catalogue, and the machine would call back to your fax and send the datasheet. That was top-of-the-line service, for a couple of years.
Hi RetroRecipes family, I enjoy your videos and lighthearted humor. Yes indeed, turn the other cheek with those cheeky people, they are just trying to dampen the good energies of your channel. peace love light
I'm very sorry to hear about the terrible comments you receive. Your content has always felt a bit more wholesome that most of what I see. I pray that the positive comments can outweigh the bad ones and keep you up to making more content. I worked for the phone company for a long time, yes they are phasing out POTS service with gusto. The copper infrastructure is expensive to maintain and since the government no longer regulates the service, they can do with it what they wish. They are pushing fiber and abandoning the copper. I am actually surprised that they allowed you to order a POTS line, I've been told by former co-workers that they are flat out refusing the service in my area. Faxing is an activity that holds some nostalgia for me as well. I used to send a lot of them in the early 2000s as I worked in a small contracting office and would send out bids monthly. I also understand the feeling of certainty that holding a paper copy of something brings. Keep up the good work!
My heart went out to you when you mentioned the nasty stuff you get in the comments on here. I love your channel & while I'm not as vociferously retro inclined as you I enjoy watching all your vids especially the shooting & production style. I never owned an actual fax machine but my trusty 28k modem served me well in the late 1990s - it was my answerphone and my route to getting paid for freelance DJ work (faxing invoices to an office!). Anyway Peri, Lady Fractic & family I wish you all the best. Don't let the haters get you down & keep the content coming ;)
That is some serious dedication - you must have replaced every component on the board? Glad you got it working in the end, knew you would, you always do! :) Keep up the great work. By the way PCB stands for Phax and Call using Bloody expensive phone line.... doesn't it?
Great show again @retrorecipes !!! I was taken aback to hear the toxic hurtful comments that you receive, it’s certainly not easy to let it go over your head every time. Thank goodness for the other decent people who love your channel that respond in a positive way. On the subject of faxes, around 1995/96 I had a compaq presario pentium 75 computer. I used fax software to send my girlfriend letters to her father’s fax machine in his office. It certainly beat the Mail as letters could take anywhere from 5 days to the more usual 2 weeks. I believe the modem was a zippy 1200 baud unit that I had from a car boot sale. Back in the day when Netscape navigator came bundled with most PC magazines. I still use my Netscape email address to this day 😊
Great video, Perifractic! Love your dedication and you practical midnset. Never had to mess up with Faxmachines back in the day, but even with no interest in this technology from my side, you made a very interesting and compelling video about this topic. I like the walking araound and talking in nature footage. And coming from Germany myself: "Ja, Ja, das ist sehr gut! Prost!". Wish you all the best my friend!
Truth be told, I would be fascinated to see if this pans out - and *how* it pans out. My good friend Jim lives in Tulsa. He has still got his landline and two phones without electricity. He’s going to his grave with that line. It was incredible that his part of Tulsa was ravaged by a freak storm back in the summer of 2023 and his phone line was functioning straight through the resultant power outage. I’m sure he was thoroughly thankful to be an AT&T customer then.
As you said, here in Japan faxes are still pretty common. My mother-in-law used mainly faxes for her business until about three years ago. She said she preferred handwritten text. We still have one in the house, but most of her suppliers and customers have changed to email over the past couple years.
I used to work in the marine electronics industry and the local prawn fishing fleet LOVED their fax machines. This was back in the AMPS (analog) mobile phone days. It was well known that conversations on the analog phones could be intercepted (albeit illegally), so the fishing companies installed Motorola Cellular Connection boxes to their mobile phones. This simulated a good old fashioned 2-wire phone line into which a fax machine could be connected. While it was technically possible to decode a fax transmission as it was flying across the air... there was no evidence that anyone in the fishing fleet had the equipment to do this.
Really enjoyed this one. After a few tries today, looks like I got a fax through. How cool! Don't have a POTS line, but have been successful in sending a fax using a magic-jack and my printer/fax.
I recall having an OKIfax in New Zealand back in my first job way back in 1987. Faxes have still been in use by Chemists or pharmacys for prescriptions. I have a Canon multi function printer that can be used as a fax machine. But as I no longer have a landline. It's a feature that might never be used.
Pstn phone sockets after limited now. The cost to keep the physical exchange running and backup powered outweighs return cost. Some voip ata's are codec compatible with fax and Telstra business (Australia) still support fax over NBN (fibre) via the modem
Amazing repair on the PCB, you're so patient. I was sad to hear about the nasty comments you receive when you have the most lovely, positive and warming channel on RUclips. Please only dwell on the numerous kind and supportive comments. Ignore the haters. Take care and keep on doing your show, don't change a thing. It's so relaxing and cosy watching you guys.
We never had a fax at home, but used it a bit on my first job. But I didn't like the rolled up paper, it was flimsy and hard to archive. A fax machine that printed on A4 paper was easier to use when you got quotations or work orders sent over. A great episode and a fun walk down memory lane. Sadly we don't have copper any more out here were I live. It isn't supported any longer.
I recall having a fax machine at home in the 90s in the UK. Felt I really hacked the system by buying a box that would connect to the tel socket and the phone/fax machine to that. This was so I didn't have to have a seperate line. Call would come in, little box would determine if a voice call or fax and direct accordingly. It was suprisingly fast and if a voice call, person at the other end was completely unaware and not kept waiting. edit: I also remember Blue Peter showcasing fax machines in the 80s. They had 2 in the studio. 1 presenter drew a simple picture and sent it to the other machine...was totally blown away by it.
I'm from Poland and here also couple of RUclips creators discuss why is it that YT doesn't do anything to prevent them from harmful and hateful comments... but I simply can't imagine why someone would like to send You comments with hate.. aren't we all connected with love for retro? :(
What is there to hate?? Smooth voice, Retro stuff, Lovely family, Lovely dogs and K.I.T.T ( and your a britt in the states ) I am from London and live in Cornwall. Love you all. Haters need to just turn to another channel ( like I don't watch the BBC lol ) xx
Wow, that was a pretty massive project for such a simple thing as a fax machine. Not sure which was more surprising, that you found the exact model of fax machine that you used to have, from Germany of all places, or that you managed to teach it how to print faxes in English so quickly. Either way, congratulations on both. Seriously though, they're charging way too much for that phone line. But I guess they can charge whatever they want since apparently nobody else can provide one.
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I don't have a fax but your video shocked me from the... Title. Congrats, it had to be very hard to get it working. I've loved the video.
love the retro fax; I sent one from my real fax machine, and I hope it arrived, Dr. Ogg
hi loved the video as i do all of your videos and look forward to them every week . if it was not for your review of the s500 mini i would most likely have not bought one. am shocked to here that you get death threats. i would have thought anyone who left comments would only send positive ones as your videos are good and entertaining . this is my first time comment although I've been watching for years.
I’m glad I still have a fax machine. Yes, I have a fax machine embedded in my printer tied into a landline. Yes I have landline. Don’t pay the haters any attention. They have no imagination or appreciation for things they don’t have the bandwidth to understand.
@@g-wolf9445 I think I tried to send you a reply fax and although I heard your fax tone, a connection between ours couldn't be established... if you're in NM?
I’ve been a supporter of your channel for a few years now - and I’ve loved every video you guys have produced. I know the hard work you put into these - and as I’ve said many times in the past, it’s absolutely appreciated and enjoyed. For all the bad comments, I hope you see that the good ones far outweigh them. Wishing you guys all the best.
We definitely do, thank you! It's helped me develop a thicker skin if anything 😅
How could anyone be so toxic as to send hate comments to any of you? Y'all are the best .
I couldn't wrap my head around that either. I would have thought you were one of the least offensive channels out there? (not excusing any kind of abuse but...)
On a funnier note, the telephone company sending out 2 trucks and guys who looked like they were suited up to build a nuclear bunker? Is all america like that?! :)
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹
There are some sick people out there
You need to filter out these, but on single level, democracy, the more blocks the less energie they are getting back. Even this message is bad. My Dad always learned and told me, ignoring is the best thing to do. And i still believe in that. Throw the comments away like coffee filter ;) @@RetroRecipes
Love the reference and call :P Soo you don't like voip :P
I really appreciate the channel. My 2¢: the comments section is a great place for learning - so please don’t disable it. Ignore hateful comments - just negative people who get pleasure from putting others down. Easier said than done, and that’s why we can’t have nice things. Just know that the rest of us will continue to enjoy all the nice things you show on the channel, and the great positive energy of the hosts and guests!
You're right, and I've learned that in some pieces of nasty feedback is a nugget of gold to be listened to. It has certainly helped me improve many things such as audio quality over the 5+ years.
Watching this from Austria and having German language adverts has added a whole new level. Awesome video. Well done on the PSU repair, I would have given up long ago...
That "have you never had a new customer before?" was savage. I could FEEL the frustration oozing through my speakers.
Just sent you a fax comment (I think!). Have loved your channel for a long time - down to the little squeaky sound dub you use whenever someone is screwing in something! It’s brilliant, nostalgic, reassuring, and wholesome content. Please keep it up since we love the Retro Recipe family!
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹
Oh, my word… fine work on the Ghostbusters.
What a mission! Great job!
Wow another great video, I was so cross when you said people were leaving those horrible type of comments. *hugs* to you and your whole family.
I totally agree with you about the phone lines being a great backup. There will be a time when the internet goes down due to an emergency and/or power outage and most people will have no idea what is going in. Where I live we can no longer get land lines at all. So I have a few, nice SW & HAM radios so at least I might be able to hear what is happening if it's long term.
As far as fax technology, without getting too specific, there are still parts of the government that only uses secure faxes to transmit certain types of information as it's by far still the most secure in that arena.
Great to see Ashley again! 😍
I know a kind person when I see one, even if it's through a RUclips video. And you two absolutely fall into that category. How can someone not like you? I'm shocked, really. 😢 People sending death threats should be prosecuted, period.
It is all so sad. Internet community used be so different in the early days. Mostly geeks. The sense of wonder and excitement... Made such great friends. Now it is all full of toxity.. cannot have any intelligent conversation. It is really depressing. Thanks keeping the dream alive for the better world with hope and wonder.
Punkt phone is a great simple alternative to the modern day smarthpone. It is streamlined to allow just text messages and calls, but also allows for hotspot so you can connect a computer to the internet if needed when traveling.
Ladyfractic definitely giving some Zuul vibes at 19:41
Love it - I was not aware RTC phone lines were disappearing so fast. Very informative, and showing a tremendous patience in fixing this old Samsung. Just sent a fax, I hope it’s not too noisy although I paid attention to the timezone to not awake the family! Cheerz!
My fragile retro soul dances on calming 80's neon clouds every time you release a new video! How anyone could not love the fractic family is beyond my bits! Just yesterday when I was installing a new recepticle I instinctively made the little squeaking sound. You guys are faxing brilliant, wholesome and one of my absolute favourite channels and I feel privileged to share the same spacetime with you on this planet. Lots of love from the frozen tundras of Santa Claus land!
Hold on, I'll fax this! ;)
Thank you for your wonderful fax. It means a lot.
I really dig this. I hope it stops the nasty messages. People think they're keyboard warriors and say things they never would in person.
"A new customer? This is unbelievable!" - 🤣
You made me spill my drink when you said that, LOL
Hahaha!
This man be spitting straight…. Fax’s. I’ll see myself out.
It's terrible that such a heartfelt and obviously well-meaning channel (and presenters) focusing on some of the most universal and innocent nostalgia possible is getting grief. Do what you need to do to keep your family safe and also know that there are a lot more of us out there that respect you and appreciate the way your content affects our lives for the better. Minimise the stress where you can, but please keep fighting the good fight.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹
Really cool episode which reminded me that I still have my old fax machine boxed away somewhere in the attic, its prehistoric and hasnt been used since the last ice age but dont fret as I have an ancient Brother A3 office printer that i picked up at a local charity shop for £15 that also has fax, hurrah...pity i dont have a landline anymore!
That phone call raised my blood pressure more than it should've.
Oh man, same here. I just felt disappointed by that phone call to Spectrum, especially considering how Peri talked about how saddened he felt about getting rude comments. I mean, getting upset that a VoIP company didn't provide landline service came off like someone who was incredulous because they couldn't understand that McDonald's didn't sell Whoppers.
@@nickfifteen you're a whopper.
Spectrum never did regular landline phones, so it's not surprising it couldn't work and they had no idea how to direct his request. Otherwise, it's just some random person who's barely trained who can't say no.
@@nickfifteen Yeah I felt genuinely sorry for the lady on the phone having to cop that nonsense. The VoIP service would've worked fine for fax and pining over a traditional central office landline is wild. Looks like the PSTN landline will go the way of the dodo in 2025 in the USA.
I genuinely adore all Retro Recipes videos but this one has given me a sour aftertaste.
I can only say now: WOW! Every episode is a WOW episode...
Who would have thought the humble fax machine would be making a comeback in 2024. Thoroughly enjoyed this one, thanks y'all.
I don't usually do comments to videos but this video specially deserves an appreciation to all your work! Greetings to your lovely family.
Retro Recipes, the only channel brave enough to deal with just the fax.
I think most of those people sending particularly nasty comments as you described would: 1. not say it to you or your wife IRL and 2. have something deeply wrong with their own life and are trying to cope through psychological projection. To counteract the negative energy: I have always liked your videos and you folks seem like good human beings.
I've realized that a comment or two I've made in the distant past was rude and insensitive and I apologize for that. I've spent the past couple of years or so being more mindful of such things. You do good work, my friend.
That takes a lot to admit to and you have my instant respect for it. I don't specifically remember your comments, but am always happy to live in the present. Thank you for sharing all that.
Why would anyone say stuff like that on a channel that's all about retro the world can be a messed up place at times. Love the video and may even send a fax as not sent one for a long time 🙂. As always great work and am so looking forward to seeing what you bring us all next. You guys take care and have a great weekend🙂🙂
Thank you for your kind words! Have fun faxing!
Yes. It makes no sense for people to post hate comments here.
The conclusion: People posting hate comments make no sense. 😅
I agree, but it's even more absurd at non controversial spaces like this. If this were a political channel or something like that, it would be a bit more expected. I wish you, them and everybody else here a lovely holiday season. 🎄☃❄️ @@jwb718
Awesome video, i remember setting up a fax using a PC back in the day so my aunt could use it in her business
I really cant understand why people would be nasty towards you. you are the sweetest kindest people maybe they don't like beautiful people or just jealous. sending you both big hugs
I am impressed by you perseverance to save this fax machine, I would have given up long before this! I have used plenty of fax machines during their peak, but never found them as a piece of technology I would preserve.
I couldn't let the faxer beat me!
The process you went through to get a land line just made me appreciate that I never got rid of my land line a little bit more, thanks! 😅
Worked for the state public safety agency here in TX for over 30 years. The first seven were in the communications service handling telephone calls from the public and other LE agencies, lots of faxing documents. That was in the mid 80s. There as a second device duplexed with the fax, called a TDD, it was used to communicate with deaf persons. Maybe TDD was the precursor for texting? Still keep a fax machine in storage just in case it might be needed, next to it is a box of ballpoint pens and several pads of lined tablets. I really enjoy your videos!
greetings from germany... we still use fax for a lot of official stuff which requires signed documents.
It just works.
I have watched your videos as well over the past few years and your content is always great, interesting, informative and engaging. Please keep these videos coming, I hope you both get more positive comments than negative and keep it all in perspective. You guys rock!
We still use faxes at work. Although we use e-fax instead of actual fax machines. Despite the availability of e-mails and secure document capabilities customers feel better sending sensitive stuffs via fax when in fact we get them via e-mail from e-fax service. Although the e-mails are secured via TLS during transmission to our e-mail servers. Faxes will be around for few more years.
It's been a while since I had a landline, but my understanding is that the "baby Bells" essentially have a monopoly on telephone lines. So, you'd have to call your local phone company to get a line installed (that is, old school telephone line as opposed to VoIP).
I was lucky when I bought a Portastudio from Canada that it has a jumper you could reposition to swap back from 110v to 240v. Good job I thought of that before simply plugging it in in my excitement! Great repair job. The printer at work used to receive faxes and most of the time all we got were the equivalent of spam emails today. Offers of cheap holiday packages where you had to send the money off first and stuff like that. Beware of anyone trying to sign you up for a time share deal on a Spanish island! As for stupid people with idiotic comments, sadly these knobheads live amongst us but Darwin usually ensures they don’t live long and prosper. Keep up the great work. Sorry for the long comment but I have to mention the hard drive on the Amiga you showed, that I lusted after as a kid. I think it was 240Mb if memory serves. I did end up with a Amiga 600 with an internal 200Mb drive! Geoff Crammond’s F1 GP was the first game to reside on that!
Watching this in the gym this morning, I must admit my heart did sink a bit and was just sad that both you have to put up with the vitriol that comes through. Surely this isn't from the true retro community and probably some sad keyboard warrior. Enough said, so wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and a New Year. Keep the good work up 👍
I retired in 2016, and at that time my employer was still using fax machines. We had at least three, with different phone numbers. Also, about three years after that, I had to send a couple of faxes related to (I think) a real estate transaction, and had to go to a UPS Store in Nevada to get them to send it. Faxes are very much alive and well.
Another epic repair by Perifractic! That's cool you can still have a copper pair installed to your house. Where I live (France) the old copper network started to be phased out this year and it's no more possible to have an old RTC (PSTN) plug from network companies. Fax can still be used but through the IP network.
I can't believe that you didn't use the term, just the fax ma'am.
Also congratulations on your new addition to the family!
Brill as usual. Proper blast from the past. There will always be haters, thats a reflection on them not you. Keep up the good work.... all the best from Manchester, UK x
Here in Australia they got rid of the copper phone lines a few years ago with the rollout of our national broadband network. In some areas they do still use the copper lines themselves for broadband, either fibre to the node or fibre to the curb (more correctly kerb, not curb as in "restrain"). Because they had to cut the lines and connect them to broadband node, they no longer connect back to the exchange, so they can't be used for a POTS phone line. And in areas where they upgraded to HFC cable or fibre, they simply no longer offer POTS phone services, so you can't get one even though the copper lines are still there.
Actually, a few years ago I repurposed some old Cisco gear to build a dial-up simulator. It was basically my own personal dial-up ISP, but I was using digital modems so I could get the full 56Kbps speed rather than the 33.6Kbps maximum of a regular analogue modem. Unfortunately it was pretty useless since there were no longer any POTS phone lines to dial into it (or rather ISDN lines, since it was digital rather than POTS), but I could connect a 56K modem directly and get the full speed.
Ten years ago I replaced a multi-function printer for a non-profit I used to volunteer at. The multi-function had print/ copy/ scan/ fax features. The VP of the non-profit saw the printer had a fax option, and wondered why we weren't using it? If any receipts were sent, they were received by email. No need to pay for a land line that requires a long distance plan to be useful.
Copper is being phased out in uk also by bt new copper installs are not avalible to anyone after sep 5th 2023 the landline plugs in the router 👍🏻 battery backup is avalible if you need to not loose power else no phone #thefuture
Sudden explosion in eFax accounts 😁 Thank you for a lovely episode. For some time I've been wanting to get a landline phone. Right now I'm considering a 'GSM Gateway', a box with a SIM slot and RJ11 socket. That is probably the closest I'll get to it. The 80's and 90's had some well-designed handset models.
Such a fun and interesting video.
- I can see under your eyes that the nights are short. Babyfractic is handful I guess. But Ladyfractic is radiant!
- Ashleyfractic !!!
- What an amazing job on the connector and then on fixing the PCB components. Your perseverance and troubleshooting skills never cease to amaze me.
You are two beautiful people sharing a small and interesting part of yourselves with the rest of the world through RUclips. The audience, we, are lucky that you share and engage with your wit and love of nostalgic tech, and the wonder and innocence of childhood.
Maybe just dont read the comments and get on with your lives irregardless? Or remember, that there are many many more people that appreciate you giving them a lovely escape from their daily grind than those that don't. Peace ✌️❤
Thank you.
When I started work in 2003 I had a fax machine on my desk, the Samsung SF-3100, it was an inkjet fax machine so you didn't need expensive thermal fax paper. I hardly sent any faxes using it, email was taking over from the fax, though we did have one supplier who we had to send orders to via fax. We had it set, so that people had to ring up before and say I want to send a fax, because you used to get spam faxes, if you left it on auto answer there was the possibility of arriving next morning to find all your paper and ink wasted on spam messages.
Oh wow, a close relative to my fax then!
Now finally you can get into contact with The Hoff, who is still one of the greatest celebrities in Germany (East and West!). David Hasselhoff is maintaining his fax machine service to stay in contact with his most dear fans. A lot of elderly ladies receive their monthly edition of a Hasselhoff newsletter.
That's amazing! If true is there anywhere I can read more info about the fax machine service? I can pretend I'm a little old lady if it helps.
Definitely no hate comments from me. You are all a beacon of nostalgic light in this too-toxic world.
I have never used a fax although there was one at the company I used to work at.
I take it Ladyfractic doesn't appreciate a long screw? Maybe she's just too busy.
Great video Perifractic.
You are a legend and I smile when I see a video!!! Fellow UK and retro buff
So dang cool and thank you for the nostalgia trip! I used to work on POTS lines and worked on a lot of fax equipment in the mid 2000s. It never dawned on me that Local Exchange Carriers would try to phase this out. But then again VoIP is inexpensive for them.
You can absolutely use a phone jack fron a VoIP system, and have tone while the power is out via a back up battery
Excellent vid - the circuit repair certainly took me back a couple of decades ! ( so many fried resistors missed on the first pass... so many... ) I have a FAX machine lurking here somewhere... hmmm...
As for the negative commentary - I'm truly saddened with that but be assured you've got a lot of love here for what you and Lady Fractic do, demonstrate and stand for. Merry Christmas from mine to yours.
You two just keep getting better. Thanks!
I was Civil Servant up until 2017 and we were still sending fax’s then. God bless the DWP.
Reminds me of a time when tech enthusiasts had the following setup.
A giant copying machine
A "small" office laserprinter about the same size as the copying machine
A scanner the size of a VCR
A telephone/Fax machine
A pager
And a brick cellphone with about 30 minutes of batterylife to call their friends and say "You will not believe where I'm calling from" before the battery whent flat.
I also love these wholesome nostalgic videos
I remember using supervoice software many years ago for answering machine and faxing. It was brilliant.
I remember when you could call an answering machine at the electronics retailer, dial the part number for a component that you found in their gigantic catalogue, and the machine would call back to your fax and send the datasheet. That was top-of-the-line service, for a couple of years.
Hi RetroRecipes family, I enjoy your videos and lighthearted humor. Yes indeed, turn the other cheek with those cheeky people, they are just trying to dampen the good energies of your channel. peace love light
This is one of the best videos you've done. It really had everything.
Fax you very much!
great background tunes.
Proper Copper Bundles, Portable Cell Buffers, Partly Carbon Based, Professional Cable Boxers? (Just a few more PCB ideas for this one?).📠
Great job on the fax machine. Regarding the haters, I am sorry you have to deal with them. Take care of yourselves.
I just love the dedication. It makes me well up.
The 60’s film Bullit has a scene with a fax machine that I just find hilarious for some reason.
I'm very sorry to hear about the terrible comments you receive. Your content has always felt a bit more wholesome that most of what I see. I pray that the positive comments can outweigh the bad ones and keep you up to making more content.
I worked for the phone company for a long time, yes they are phasing out POTS service with gusto. The copper infrastructure is expensive to maintain and since the government no longer regulates the service, they can do with it what they wish. They are pushing fiber and abandoning the copper. I am actually surprised that they allowed you to order a POTS line, I've been told by former co-workers that they are flat out refusing the service in my area.
Faxing is an activity that holds some nostalgia for me as well. I used to send a lot of them in the early 2000s as I worked in a small contracting office and would send out bids monthly. I also understand the feeling of certainty that holding a paper copy of something brings.
Keep up the good work!
My heart went out to you when you mentioned the nasty stuff you get in the comments on here. I love your channel & while I'm not as vociferously retro inclined as you I enjoy watching all your vids especially the shooting & production style. I never owned an actual fax machine but my trusty 28k modem served me well in the late 1990s - it was my answerphone and my route to getting paid for freelance DJ work (faxing invoices to an office!). Anyway Peri, Lady Fractic & family I wish you all the best. Don't let the haters get you down & keep the content coming ;)
That was genius with the Ghostbusters clip!! 🤣
Heheh thank you
That is some serious dedication - you must have replaced every component on the board? Glad you got it working in the end, knew you would, you always do! :)
Keep up the great work. By the way PCB stands for Phax and Call using Bloody expensive phone line.... doesn't it?
Thank you! I replaced every capacitor, and a handful of other parts. Thankfully not everything though. PCBWayyyy!
Great show again @retrorecipes !!!
I was taken aback to hear the toxic hurtful comments that you receive, it’s certainly not easy to let it go over your head every time.
Thank goodness for the other decent people who love your channel that respond in a positive way.
On the subject of faxes, around 1995/96 I had a compaq presario pentium 75 computer. I used fax software to send my girlfriend letters to her father’s fax machine in his office. It certainly beat the Mail as letters could take anywhere from 5 days to the more usual 2 weeks.
I believe the modem was a zippy 1200 baud unit that I had from a car boot sale. Back in the day when Netscape navigator came bundled with most PC magazines. I still use my Netscape email address to this day 😊
The knight rider car still looks cool these days
We still use fax machines at my job. Ok, only when our WIFI goes wonky. Future proof, like hand written letters lol.
Great video, Perifractic! Love your dedication and you practical midnset. Never had to mess up with Faxmachines back in the day, but even with no interest in this technology from my side, you made a very interesting and compelling video about this topic. I like the walking araound and talking in nature footage. And coming from Germany myself: "Ja, Ja, das ist sehr gut! Prost!". Wish you all the best my friend!
Danke! Prost!
Your videos have such a soothing retro vide
Truth be told, I would be fascinated to see if this pans out - and *how* it pans out.
My good friend Jim lives in Tulsa. He has still got his landline and two phones without electricity. He’s going to his grave with that line. It was incredible that his part of Tulsa was ravaged by a freak storm back in the summer of 2023 and his phone line was functioning straight through the resultant power outage. I’m sure he was thoroughly thankful to be an AT&T customer then.
As you said, here in Japan faxes are still pretty common. My mother-in-law used mainly faxes for her business until about three years ago. She said she preferred handwritten text. We still have one in the house, but most of her suppliers and customers have changed to email over the past couple years.
Some of my Uk customers still send us info via fax to pay their company’s wages. The rest phone up.
Franchise tax board requires documents to be faxed. Those are bad days.
I used to work in the marine electronics industry and the local prawn fishing fleet LOVED their fax machines. This was back in the AMPS (analog) mobile phone days. It was well known that conversations on the analog phones could be intercepted (albeit illegally), so the fishing companies installed Motorola Cellular Connection boxes to their mobile phones. This simulated a good old fashioned 2-wire phone line into which a fax machine could be connected. While it was technically possible to decode a fax transmission as it was flying across the air... there was no evidence that anyone in the fishing fleet had the equipment to do this.
Because as we all know PCB stands for Prawn Catching Boat
@@RetroRecipes 100% correct 🙂
I remember selling those when I worked at Office World.
Really enjoyed this one. After a few tries today, looks like I got a fax through. How cool! Don't have a POTS line, but have been successful in sending a fax using a magic-jack and my printer/fax.
Sorry to hear you get nasty comments, love your channel. You guys are great - keep up the good work! :)
I love the way you do this videos. I don't care that much about fax- yet I watched the whole thing.
I never heard a voice like this guy talk so deep and so slow this is a real voice
Man that must have been a long a frustrating fix.
lmao “no I am a new customer, have you never had a new customer before”
I recall having an OKIfax in New Zealand back in my first job way back in 1987. Faxes have still been in use by Chemists or pharmacys for prescriptions. I have a Canon multi function printer that can be used as a fax machine. But as I no longer have a landline. It's a feature that might never be used.
Pstn phone sockets after limited now.
The cost to keep the physical exchange running and backup powered outweighs return cost.
Some voip ata's are codec compatible with fax and Telstra business (Australia) still support fax over NBN (fibre) via the modem
Amazing repair on the PCB, you're so patient. I was sad to hear about the nasty comments you receive when you have the most lovely, positive and warming channel on RUclips. Please only dwell on the numerous kind and supportive comments. Ignore the haters. Take care and keep on doing your show, don't change a thing. It's so relaxing and cosy watching you guys.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹 We will @remaincalm2!
We never had a fax at home, but used it a bit on my first job. But I didn't like the rolled up paper, it was flimsy and hard to archive. A fax machine that printed on A4 paper was easier to use when you got quotations or work orders sent over.
A great episode and a fun walk down memory lane. Sadly we don't have copper any more out here were I live. It isn't supported any longer.
I recall having a fax machine at home in the 90s in the UK. Felt I really hacked the system by buying a box that would connect to the tel socket and the phone/fax machine to that. This was so I didn't have to have a seperate line. Call would come in, little box would determine if a voice call or fax and direct accordingly. It was suprisingly fast and if a voice call, person at the other end was completely unaware and not kept waiting. edit: I also remember Blue Peter showcasing fax machines in the 80s. They had 2 in the studio. 1 presenter drew a simple picture and sent it to the other machine...was totally blown away by it.
I'm from Poland and here also couple of RUclips creators discuss why is it that YT doesn't do anything to prevent them from harmful and hateful comments... but I simply can't imagine why someone would like to send You comments with hate.. aren't we all connected with love for retro? :(
You would think so but sadly every community has its haters 🤷🏻♂
What is there to hate?? Smooth voice, Retro stuff, Lovely family, Lovely dogs and K.I.T.T ( and your a britt in the states ) I am from London and live in Cornwall. Love you all. Haters need to just turn to another channel ( like I don't watch the BBC lol ) xx
Some years ago I live in Japan for about six months and fax machines were still regularly used in a lot of industries, especially in banking.
Such a wonderful Idea, man wish it was easier thing to set up, almost want one for myself
Wow, that was a pretty massive project for such a simple thing as a fax machine. Not sure which was more surprising, that you found the exact model of fax machine that you used to have, from Germany of all places, or that you managed to teach it how to print faxes in English so quickly. Either way, congratulations on both.
Seriously though, they're charging way too much for that phone line. But I guess they can charge whatever they want since apparently nobody else can provide one.