In fact, a variation of the pneumatic-tube system is still being used by the
Post Office in France to send documents between cities. Morse code has
stopped being used though, and I believe 8mm film is no longer being
produced. Are people still using iridium phones anywhere?
- Simon Oliver
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From: Michael Turner [SMTP:leap%gol.com@interlockp.lubrizol.com]
"….The only communications medium that ever really did go away was that
pneumatic-tube system,
last seen in the movie Brazil."
Received on Tue Aug 1 10:45:21 2000