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- From: rwilson@uts.cc.wayne.edu (Ron Wilson)
- Subject: Re: netfax (was: Re: 3b1 internal modem-flow control)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.142719.15551@uts.cc.wayne.edu>
- Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit Mich.
- References: <BtHxo5.JEq@hico2.westmark.com> <1992Aug24.204232.3428@sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM> <3759@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:27:19 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <3759@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug24.204232.3428@sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM> bruce@sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM (Bruce Lilly) writes:
- >>I have a Digicom Systems 9624LE+, which also has fax capability. I've looked
- >>at the "faxpax" package posted to comp.sources.<mumble> over a year ago.
- >>That package has some compiled-in hardware dependencies specific to the modem
- >>the author used, and specific to SunOs. Some of the bits of the package compiled
- >>OK on the 3B1--I was able to get the bit-map font stuff compiled. Also, using
- >>the information in the package, along with some experimentation using cu, I
- >>was able to get the modem to communicate with a fax machine, at least as far as
- >>establishing a connection and exchanging some TTI data.
- >
- >Caution is advised. I had faxpak sorta working (it was able to connect), but
- >it nuked my /usr/spool/uucp (directory and all poof!).
- >
- >Faxpak is probably easier for 3b1 than anything else. Certainly easier than
- >netfax. The hard-coded dependencies in faxpak are a lot less than netfax's
- >reliance on socket et. al.
- >
- >The font issue is easily resolvable. If you're intending to use this on ASCII
- >or HP PCL, hp2pbm can be dropped into faxpak (it was designed for it) and
- >it has pretty good fonts.
- >
- >I've seen fax output of faxpak (Klaus and I collaborated on hp2pbm), and
- >even without hp2pbm the results are pretty good at fax resolution.
- >--
- >Chris Lewis; clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca; Phone: Canada 613 832-0541
-
- Which fax modems will faxpak work with? Any of the (street price) $100 or so
- external units for Macs and PCs work?
-
- Thanks in advance.
-
- rlw@chem.wayne.edu
-