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Letter: Letters : Mind of its own

Published 28 February 1998

From Dominic Murcott

murkydom@chestcott.demon.co.uk

After struggling with problems when trying to send faxes from Windows 95
using Microsoft’s built-in fax software, things have finally reached a head.
Today I wanted to send a personal fax to Ireland. The computer actually sent two
different cover sheets but no fax, simultaneously sending 7 copies of my
resignation letter to the college where I work, plus a copy of my CV to the
BBC.

Maybe it is more intelligent than I first realised.

Issue no. 2123 published 28 February 1998

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