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Antiquated Desk Devices Demystified
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. System using signals to transmit text messages over long distances
  • 2. Used for duplicating text before photocopiers; a cut-out template
  • 3. Flat sheet used to store miniature photographic reproductions of documents
  • 5. Duplicating text by placing coated paper beneath original for simultaneous writing
  • 10. Early duplicating machine using stencil-based ink spreading
Down
  • 4. Mechanical calculator primarily for summation, not digital arithmetic
  • 6. Device for recording speech, precursor to modern voice recorders
  • 7. Mechanical or electromechanical machine producing printed characters one at a time
  • 8. Specialist who used waxy pigments for making copies on multiple sheets
  • 9. Transmitted scanned documents over telephone lines; often bulky and obsolete
  • 11. Paper card with holes representing data, used for early computing input
  • 12. Dial mechanism on archaic phones once standard on office desks
  • 13. Early electromechanical typewriter once used for typed communication

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