Alfa DiskFax
{{Short description|Digital telecommunications device}}
The Alfa DiskFax was a communication device created by Alfa Systems of the United Kingdom. It was launched in 1990. The DiskFax was designed to allow the transfer of digital files over a conventional telephone line to a remote DiskFax machine.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}
Overview
In operation users would insert an PC-compatible floppy disc into the unit, at which point the data would be transmitted automatically to a receiver, which would write an image of the data on a local floppy disc. There were two models, one equipped with 5¼-inch, and 3½-inch drives, and a second with an internal hard drive for storing incoming data.{{Cite web |title=DiskFax |url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/15814/DiskFax/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816111338/http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/15814/DiskFax/ |archive-date=2022-08-16 |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=The Centre for Computing History}}
Encrypted versions of the DiskFax were sold to the military and intelligence markets.{{Cite web |last=Goodwins |first=Rupert |date=22 August 2003 |title=Rupert Goodwins' Diary |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/rupert-goodwins-diary-4010003686/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926191200/https://www.zdnet.com/article/rupert-goodwins-diary-4010003686/ |archive-date=2020-09-26 |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=ZDNET |language=en}} The DiskFax was also used by Britain's Conservative Party during the 1992 general election.{{Cite web |date=16 March 1992 |title=Prime Minister's Campaign Coach - Use ff Computer Technology |url=http://www.johnmajor.co.uk/page2414.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027221601/http://www.johnmajor.co.uk/page2414.html |archive-date=2011-10-27 |website=Sir John Major}}
Alfa Systems was founded in 1985 by David Karlin, formerly of Sinclair Research.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Tony |date=12 January 2014 |title=Sinclair's 1984 big shot at business: The QL is 30 years old |url=https://www.theregister.com/2014/01/12/archaeologic_sinclair_ql/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212112255/https://www.theregister.com/2014/01/12/archaeologic_sinclair_ql?page=2 |archive-date=2022-12-12 |access-date= |website=The Register |language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://comfax.com/ Fax App for Android]