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                About how to use QuickStar FAX Pro V1.07
                  Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Anthony Mai

        QuickStar Fax Pro V1.07 (QFAX) is a shareware FAX sending program
for PCs. It is a DOS program, but can either run in the DOS environment or
in the DOS session launched from the Windows. QuickStar Fax Pro (QFAX) is
written by Anthony Mai (at Pennsylvania State University, USA) and brother
Zeqiu Mai (in China). Anthony Mai is currently a member of the Association
of Shareware Professionals. Please check the register.txt file for the ASP
OMBUDSMAN Statement and find out contact information of the ASP, and for
how to contact the author or register this shareware. QFAXV107.ZIP was
released in Sep. 15, 1996.

        QuickStar Fax Pro is aimed at providing an easy and quick solution
for sending plain text fax from your PC computer using the fax/modem. QFAX
cuts the fax transmission time considerably comparing with some popular fax
programs like WinFax. In one test QFAX sends a regular 12 pages plain text
FAX at 14400 bps speed within 4 MINUTES. WinFax would take more than 12
minutes to send the same document! The received fax will have near laser
print quality.

        Because of the unique simple but powerful DOS command line interface
QFAX is very suitable for your usage in many different situations:

        * If you want to fax out a plain text document quick and easy, use
          QFAX. All you need to type on the DOS command line is like this:
              qfax  myfile.txt  123-4567

          (Please be aware that non-ASCII documents, like word processor
          documents, can not be faxed directly using QFAX. Such documents
          need to be saved as plain text file or DOS text file first before
          you can use QFAX to send them.)

        * If you have received a fax on your computer using QFAX or other
          fax program, and you want to forward the same fax to another fax
          number. You can do it using QFAX.

        * If you have a HP100lx/HP200lx, then QFAX is a must for you. It is
          one of the best small, easy to use DOS fax program that is actually
          suitable for usage on a HP palmtop. There is a separate version
          of QFAX specifically written for HP palmtop. Check MISCINFO.TXT.

        * If you want to send hundreds or even thousands of faxes to your
          customers over-night without any user attendance, and you want to
          save on long distance phone bills, QFAX is the easiest solution.

        * If you need to send a fax to a fax number that you have to dial
          manually to connect to. You can try QFAX.

        * If you need to dial a number and talk with someone over the phone
          first. And then without hanging up the phone line, switch to fax
          transmission to send over a document. You can use QFAX!

        The list goes on and on as new features are added to QFAX for each
new release of QFAX. And remember if you register QFAX now, you can always
have a upgrade license for free for future releases of QFAX.

        One very attracting feature of QFAX is: You can write your own
application to call QFAX to send out multiple faxes automatically, without
the attendance of an operator. Once QFAX is registered, the execution of
QFAX will not require any keyboard input at all. There is a C program as
well as the compiled executable program included to illustrate how you can
invoke QFAX from other programs. For more details see the "Send Multiple
Fax" part close to the end of this file, right before the Init String list.

        This un-registered shareware version is COMPLETELY FUNCTIONAL,
except that you can not configure the layout of the fax pages. You can use
it to fax any plain text document with no problem. Once you register it with
the author all useful features will resume! You will get the newest version
of this software, plus you will get the next upgrade free! The Registration
is quick and easy! Please read the enclosed file REGISTER.TXT to find info
on how to register this software with the author. If you have questions
regarding QFAX and you want to contact the author, you can also find the
phone number and E-Mail at the end of this file or in the REGISTER.TXT file.

        The usage of QuickStar Fax Pro is very easy. Once it is properly set
up. You can use the following simple command to send a fax:

                qfax   myfile.txt   fax_number

        or      qfax   \mydir\myfile.txt   fax_number

        Here  "myfile.txt" is the name of the text file you want to fax.
"fax_number" is the fax number (including any long distance sufix number)
you want to fax to. It is preferable that you change current directory to
where your text file is, and then start QFAX. It is preferable that you run
QFAX from the directory where your text files are located. But if your text
file is in a different directory you may attach a path name to the file name.

        You may edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file located in the C:\ driver and add
the directory path of QFAX to the PATH statement so your computer can always
find where QFAX is, no matter from which directory you run QFAX.

        QFAX Version 1.07 is distributed in the zipped file QFAXV107.ZIP.
After you get the zipped file QFAXV107.ZIP, You can unzip it using one of
those popular zip/unzip utilities (Like pkz204g.exe). You should get the
following files:

        file_id.diz     A small file describing QFAX (required by BBS's)
        vendinfo.diz    A description file used by shareware distributors
        readme.1st      The file you are reading now
        qfax.cfg        The QFAX configuration file
        qfax.exe        The main fax sending program
        qfaxrec.exe     The fax receiver, decoder and converter program
        usage.txt       The file explaining detailed usages of QFAX
        register.txt    A text file telling you how to register QFAX
        register.frm    Registration form to be used for registration
        qfaxconf.exe    Small program to help you to determine the modem
                        port and create customized qfax.cfg file
        manyfax.c       A simple C program that you can use to send out
                        lots of faxes automatically, without attendance
        manyfax.exe     The compiled program of manyfax.c
        manyfax.fdb     A text format database file containing fax numbers
        miscinfo.txt    Misc notes. About the Author. Where to find QFAX.

        Note to HP palmtop users: QFAX.CFG, QFAX.EXE, QFAXREC.EXE are all
you need to be able to use QFAX to send or receive fax. So to save memory
you only need to load those three files to your HP palmtop. But if you want
to give a copy to your friend, be sure to copy all original files together
without any modification! For PC users please keep all files. They are all
very small any way.

        Before you use QuickStar Fax Pro for the first time, you need to
modify the included QFAX.CFG file so that it is compatible with the set up
of your computer. QFAX.CFG is a plain text file and is intended to provide
the program with informations of the settings of your fax/modem, the fax
setting parameters that you intend to use as default, identification of
your own phone number from where you will be sending FAX, etc.

        You can use DOS edit or any simple plan text editor to read and
modify it. Or you can use the qfaxconf.exe program to create or modify it.
To use qfaxconf.exe, simply type "qfaxconf". QFAXCONF.EXE will also detect
the modem port automatically.

The format of the qfax.cfg file is as following:
------------------------------ cut here --------------------------------
CommPort         2
InitString       AT&F&C1&D2&K3M2L3
PhoneNumber      1-234-567-8900
TelephoneLine    Tone
DialRepeatTimes  3
NoDelay          No
Font             16
LineSpace        6
AsciiSpace       2
Size             748        1048
Margin           64         56
TopLine          7
WaitTime         55
BusyWait         30
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