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- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
- Path: sparky!uunet!rde!ksmith!keith
- From: keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith)
- Subject: Re: MultiTech Fax Modems could run Gnu NetFax if you call
- Organization: Keith's Computer, Hope Mills, NC
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 13:48:23 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.134823.2599@ksmith.uucp>
- References: <1992Oct30.161258.6422@ksmith.uucp> <716@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US> <1992Nov16.203649.12376@ksmith.uucp>
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- I'm going to follow up my own posting ...
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- In article <1992Nov16.203649.12376@ksmith.uucp> keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith) writes:
- >In article <716@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US> friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US (Stephen Friedl) writes:
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- [ A discussion of supporting class 2 in fax software for unix ]
-
- >>modems. Why would we want this?
- >
- >So you can sell your software to people who didn't buy the single type
- >of modem that you have. For example, suppose Telebit gets off it's ass
- >and builds fax into it's Worldblazer that is class 2 compatable. Now
- >LOTS of unix folks have WB modems, and Company M has software that
- >supports class 2 fax modems, not as good as yours but similarly priced
- >and it works with these 10 class 2 modems you already have. Lessee I
- >want fax, and I can trash all my Super-PEP screamer modems and buy
- >MultiTech's at $600 a pop + your software, or I can buy this other
- >software and a firmware upgrade, spend half the money and still have the
- >same capability. Now you tell me why.
-
- And in the mail today. A sheet from telebit. For a Free upgrade to
- class 2 fax on a T3000 modem & a $75 rebate. ding, ding, ding ...
-
- Yea, who needs standards.
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