ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : 10 Years Ago Today . . .
. . . Vending machines of the future were on display at the Anaheim Convention Center, where manufacturers predicted that most vending machines would be “cashless” by 1995.
Top draws were machines that rented videocassettes, cooked food or dispensed hot French fries. “The U.S. is the hotbed of vending,” an industry spokesman said.
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