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╓──────────────────────────╖
║ FAXit for DOS v2.50 ║
║ FAXit for Windows v2.15e ║
╙──────────────────────────╜
by Tony Curro
After looking at fax modems, I review some fax software. Faxit comes
bundled with both the Windows and DOS versions in the same box.
Faxit supports over 80 fax modems, including Class 1 and Class 2. I
use a Class 1 modem, and to use it, I must have a TSR installed.
I preferred the DOS version of this software over the Windows
portion. Installation is not that hard. You MUST know what type of
modem or fax card you have. If your modem is not listed you must
know if it is Class 1 or which level of Class 2 to install the
software. The software, does not, as some others do, detect your
hardware and auto-select it. This hopefully will be added in a
future release. You also do not see what is happening when you send
a fax. If you have an internal unit, such as a fax card or modem,
you cannot see the progress. Only way you know that you are on-line
is by seeing if your phone is lit up. I like to see a visual
progress report. I have an external modem that gives me digital
readout so I do see what is happening. But, those who do not have
the readout, have no way of knowing.
When installing the Windows portion, it does go in and alter your
SYSTEM and WIN.INI files. It changes the comm. driver in the
SYSTEM.INI file. It does make a backup of these files, so you can
return to your prior configuration if anything goes awry. It also
installs itself as your default printer. You can change this, but it
should be an option, rather than a foregone conclusion. I like to
select the driver when I AM going to send a fax.
Output from both versions was a bit discouraging. I sent it to a Fax
machine and the quality, while the selection was in fine mode from
Faxit, was very light and hard to read in spots. Faxes usually are
very good when sent to this machine, even from the modem I used for
Faxit.
Faxit comes with separate manuals and installation disks for DOS and
Windows. The books run under 100 pages. Neither has an index, which
makes finding a specific topic complicated. The Table of Contents is
helpful, but you have to go through headings for each chapter and
its subsections. An index would be much easier. I also found that
the page numbers in the Faxit for Windows manual were off. A section
that is listed on page 40 is actually on page 42.
Another thing I came across is the inability to rotate a page. I
received a fax in landscape mode. I could not view or print it in
portrait mode. It was a 5"x7" piece of paper. I also have to view
faxes upside down if that is how I receive them. A final problem I
had was with my communications software. With Faxit installed, as it
MUST install the TSR portion for my modem, I could not use my
communications program to phone a BBS. Don't know if this is because
of the TSR, or that Faxit changes the comm.drv line in SYSTEM.INI as
mentioned above.
When you install the DOS version you are asked to insert the Faxit
disk containing the Windows version. However, it does NOT install
the Windows version. This is accomplished by starting Windows, and
running the install program. Since both versions are bundled in the
same package, I cannot see why there is not a universal installation
for both. Of course not all DOS users use Windows, but it should be
an option for the many who do. I prefer the simple way of doing
things.
╓───────────────────────────────╖
║ Product Information ║
╟───────────────────────────────╢
║ FAXit for DOS v2.50 ║
║ FAXit for Windows v2.15e ║
║ (both in one package) ║
╟───────────────────────────────╢
║ List Price $119 ║
╟───────────────────────────────╢
║ SofNet ║
║ 380 Interstate North Parkway ║
║ Suite 150 ║
║ Atlanta, GA 30309 ║
║ 404-984-8088 ║
║ 404-984-9956 (FAX) ║
╙───────────────────────────────╜