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- From: ddhyett@jord.jpl.nasa.gov (Denny Hyett)
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- Subject: Re: Dram memory for ZYXEL 2864 modem
- Date: 04 Mar 1996 21:18:01 -0800
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- In-reply-to: Rigor@clever.net's message of 4 Mar 1996 04:16:47 GMT
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- In article <4hdqrf$97f@nntp1.best.com> Rigor@clever.net (Matt Fox) writes:
- >
- >i think it uses the modem as a buffer so it can recieve faxes if
- >the computer is off or something
- >
-
- Yep. That's it. Pretty clever design in that it receives the fax into
- ram without keeping a computer devoted to servicing faxes all the
- time. And when you do turn on the computer and run your fax software,
- it simulates faxes being received and sends the data to the
- application.
-
- Seems like you could come up with some nice accounting features that
- could make use of the ram. Logs tracking CallerID, attempts to
- connect, connect times, callback number log for the security callback
- modes........ then there's voice and DVSD and ...
-
- Denny Hyett
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- Denman (Denny) Hyett
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