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- From: dbsuthe@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Daniel B. Suthers)
- Subject: Re: Fax software
- Reply-To: dbsuthe@PacBell.COM (Daniel B. Suthers)
- Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:38:24 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.163824.8996@pbhya.PacBell.COM>
- Summary: Fax isn't the same as data
- Keywords: fax, modem
- References: <1992Jul26.201014.15026@newstand.syr.edu> <1992Jul28.004021.20801@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <1992Jul28.093747.19918@newstand.syr.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul28.093747.19918@newstand.syr.edu> ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg) writes:
- >I wanted to thank all those who have responded to my question
- >about being able to use a regular (not-specifically-fax) modem
- >as a modem via some special software. 100% of the responses
- >have said "NO" in some form or another.
- >The only reason I asked the question in the first place was
- >that a friend of mine (who is not necessarilly all that
- >computer-literate) believes he read an article about some new
- >software in the msdos world that in fact does let one use a
- >regular modem to send faxes.
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-
- Gerry, let me assure you that there is no magic IBM program to transform
- the hardware of a data modem to fax. The fact of the matter is that there
- are NO software tricks that can only be done on an IBM.
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- Have you noticed that Atari, Amiga and Macs can all emulate a MS DOS machine
- in software, where the IBM requires hardware to emulate anything! It is, how-
- ever, a common misconception that some things can be done only on an IBM PC.
-
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- Daniel B. Suthers, CCP
- Technology Consultant, PCS & IN Development Lab, Pac*Bell
- Voice: (510) 671-1325 UUCP: pacbell!pbeos!dbsuthe
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