Oldest machine you ever worked on

[DOSDUDE]

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Ricoh BS 2, Nashua 220. These machines used coated paper ( Zink oxide). There was no drum . The papaer itself was charged and exposed and then it used to pass , fully submerged, through the liquid toner tank. It is amazing to see how the technology kept improving year after year.

I remember those in my apprentice days, was asked to move one by myself didnt know you had to drain before turning on side. dispersant covered my lap. needless to say when i arrived back at shop i could hardly walk from car from being blistered.

[jose antonio]

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Xerox 660, back in 1978.

[nmfaxman]

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Been so long, I don't remember the model #.

Does liquid or thermal transfer count?

30 years and loved almost every minute of it.

[A\ztech]

I started out on 3M's first machine was a 516 I remember it like it was yesterday 8/1990 it had a fuser error I get there the lamp was burnt out, easy fix. After that co. gets bought out end up wotking on savin liquid machines well got too good at that cause l end up with all the savin calls. Allot of trail and error there let me tell you. Ahh good times......

[big mike]

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I have worked on a lot of old equipment. The Xerox 914, 660, copyflo and the standard are probably the oldest 914 was built in 1959

I was hired by Xerox in 1973 and worked in one of their refurb factories. I rebuilt the 914s, 720s, 660s, dups (2400, 3600 and 7000). So the 914 must have been the oldest. It was great training because back then Xerox hired lots of Vietnam vets with electronic backgrounds.

[KOPYTEK55]

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The first units I worked on were the 3M thermofax and VQC line . Also spent many a days hanging with Tammy 209 .

[Brian8506]

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Remember the bird on the flintstones who made the photos with his beak? I had to repair his beak when it got damaged.

[slimslob]

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I started out in 1972 working on Olivetti Copia II and III and Coinfax; Apeco SuperStats, SuperStat2s (usually refered to as Super Deuce), and RolloMatics; SCM 33s,44s, 55s, and 110; Saxon (can't remember the model numbers); and Old Town 32s.

[surfern]

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Xerox 660.I think it's released sometime in 60's.

[Gar the pilot]

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Currently I still have a Mita DC 111 at a TV repair shop. it needs its feed rollers cleaned and optics too. the Mita 900D, 800 and sharp 726 toaster were some of the oldest, along with a minolta EG101 that was 10 feet from tha ocean in Hawaii where I started on copiers in 1981. I found my new grove a couple of years ago and got My Pilots certifcate on Sept 5 2012. So now, will fix copiers for AVgas.

[mac891]

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The original LaserJet, 1984, a revolution at the time.

[vmx12]

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Xerox 9500 & 8200

[tsb13]

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How about a Xerox 915...( 1958...Haloid/Xerox).or how about a Xerox POS 1 copy camera....First xerographic process machine.
Showing my age.

[xtrain]

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Xerox 914 and 813 in 1970 when I hired on to Xerox as a Tech Rep. Those were the good old days, no electronics to deal with. Then we at Xerox invented the computer with the Alto in PARC in the Bay area, windows desktop, Ethernet for networking, mouse and keyboard, and touch screen . This screwed up the world as now everyone relies on this junk for smartphones, p.c.,s , laptops, the internet, and all the stuff we live with today.

[Cipher]

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We have a old Rex Rotary Duplicator on display that looks very similar, it still cranks over as well.