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- From: jk93@mail.erols.com (jk93)
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- Subject: Re: PPI Proclass 28.8 LCD v.34 - DONT BUY if you fax
- Date: 27 Mar 1996 02:58:59 GMT
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- In article <4j9v8t$8me@news.netvoyage.net>, rdagger&@netvoyage.net says...
- >
- >I purchased 10 Practical Peripherals ProClass 28.8 external LCD v.34.
- >1 at home on a Compaq Pentium running Win95.
- >3 at one office downtown on Pentium Micron's running Win95
- >3 at another office on Pentium Micron's running WFW3.11 and Winfax
- >3 at another office connected to an NT modem pool with Win95 clients.
- >
- >None of them can fax from Windows 95 or Winfax.
- >99% of the time Win95 or Winfax will report a fax send failed.
- >Although 50% of the time the fax actually makes it.
- >However, even if the fax makes it the computer will keep resending it because
- >it thinks it failed and the people on the other end will get a message on
- >their fax that there was an error.
- >
- >I have upgraded the Eprom chips on 3 of the modems with the latest revision.
- >However, it did not make any difference.
- >The PPI tech support denied any fax problems with with Win95 and suggested I
- >use the crumby 16bit Quick Link II fax software that ships with their modems.
- >I much rather use the fax software that is integrated into Win95.
- >I know the problem has nothing to do with line noise, phone company, or Eprom.
- >Anyone have any suggestions.
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- What exactly is the latest ROM version you are using, because everyone else I know of reports
- that the faxing now works with the latest rom.
- (the latest rom came out about 2 months ago).
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