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- From: Tony Gambardella <gamtech@xensei.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: PPI Proclass 28.8 LCD v.34 - DONT BUY if you fax
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 16:32:52 -0500
- Organization: The Xensei Corporation
- Message-ID: <315B0584.221F@xensei.com>
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- jk93 wrote:
- >
- > 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.
- >
- > >
- >
- > 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).
-
- Yes, and 2 months ago they were going to send me the update. Needless
- to say, I still don't have it and I still can't fax. Evidently, neither
- can the original poster.
-
- Tony
-