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Brain, Marshall. "How Fax Machines Work." 02 October 2001. HowStuffWorks.com. <http://communication.howstuffworks.com/fax-machine.htm> 04 July 2009.

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Film Technology, 350 KB RAM, Stores up to 28 pages in memory

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