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- From: 90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Wish list for FAX software on the GS
- Message-ID: <9212132333.AA26390@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca>
- Date: 13 Dec 92 23:33:25 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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- Organization: MuGS Research and Development Facility
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- The following revelation escaped Richard J Wifall's lips:
- >
- > However, you brought up 3200 color pics.. Now I have a question. How
- > important is it for people to be able to send grey-scale and color
- > faxes. I *could* implement them, but I'm not sure it is really worth
- > the time or effort as most fax machines out there can only handle
- > black and white documents. I may consider adding them as an upgrade
- > if I sell enough of the first version..
-
- I've never seen or used a colour fax machine, so I don't think that
- would be a priority. 16-level greyscale should be considered, since that's
- becoming standard equipment.
-
- > Fax program is set to auto-answer, fax program checks
- > everyonce in a while to see if we have a ring on the line. If so,
- > then it (possibly asking the user if it is ok first) picks up the
- > line, and then takes over the machine, receives the fax and then goes
- > back to waiting..
-
- Is it possible to answer the fax call and put it on hold until the
- computer is ready to receive? How about distinguishing voice calls from
- data calls from fax calls?
-
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