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- From: earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemployed)
- Subject: Re: A Telebit FAX upgrade FLAME (Was: "Re: WB Fax Upgrade")
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.224840.19272@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Keywords: Telebit FAX documentation
- Sender: isolar!earle@elroy.JPL.NASA.GOV
- Organization: Gainfully unemployed
- References: <1993Jan6.052942.582@smoke.marlboro.vt.us> <1993Jan6.100623.15326@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <1993Jan6.182313.22435@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:48:40 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.182313.22435@news2.cis.umn.edu> alla0008@student.tc.umn.edu (Graham Allan) writes:
- >> [about lack of documentation for fax commands]
- >
- >Actually, no fax modem I have seen has ever had any documentation on the
- >commands to control the fax capabilities. Admittedly, that's only a sample
- >of 2 different modems, but it looks as if it's standard practise not to
- >supply this information (possibly because its not useful for the average
- >end-user).
-
- It's certainly useful to someone who tries to run a PD software package like
- GNU NetFax or Sam Leffler's FlexFAX package, and needs to know certain things
- if said packages fail to work.
-
- >You can get hold of documents describing the Class-1 and Class-2 protocols
- >from several BBS's - I saw a copy which had originated from Supra.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Key phrase - "originated from Supra". I got nothing from Telebit; not even
- any pointers on where to find said documents! What if I had no Internet
- access? The vendors should provide the necessary documents, period. I don't
- need any vendors deciding what is "not useful for the average end-user" (and
- thus not provided) for me ...
-
- --
- - Greg Earle | Disclaimer: These are MY
- Itinerant Sun Consultant | opinions ONLY, not JPL's!
- isolar!earle@elroy.JPL.NASA.GOV | They just let me post through
- (818) 353-8695 | their machines ...
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