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This Memory is looking a little short on nostalgia! Have you got anything you could add?

Fond memories of playing this as a 10 year old. Remember being amazed by the Telex machine. Quite inventive too. I am going to search ebay for a good one. I have started to collect all the favourites board games and toys of my childhood.

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Do You Remember Telex Machines?

Do You Remember Telex Machines?

  • WillieWombat
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    In my YTS days between 1983 and 1984, I was introduced to the telex machine at a couple of placement companies. You typed in an initial message which generated a long piece of tape with punched holes in it. This tape could then be 'rerun' in a reader to test the message for mistakes. If the message was grammatically correct, you could then dial up a recipient telex machine at another company and 'rerun' the tape thereby sending the message. A bit long winded by today's office standards, but effective. The small punched tape pieces were a nuisance so you had to keep tidying up the telex machine.

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