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From: sreekanth@rgb.dec.com (Jon Sreekanth)
Newsgroups: alt.fax,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: JetFax from Hybrid Fax Inc
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Date: 28 Jun 90 22:11:32 GMT
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A company called Hybrid Fax Inc makes a product called JetFax. I just got 
some promotional material in my mail. JetFax is a box that goes between the 
phone line and a laser printer, and it prints incoming faxes on the printer.
It sells for $1200 list. 

Am I missing something here ? A throwaway XT with a $200 fax card will do
everything this $1200 machine (with $195 for "software") will do. The glossy
ad also says the box can store upto 30 or 60 faxes; a PC with a hard disk
will store at least 10 times as much. 

Is it just that the business market prefers a simple out-of-the-box solution ?

/ Jon Sreekanth                                                               

US Mail : J Sreekanth, 2 Ashford Court #3, Allston, MA 02134
          Digital Equipment Corp., 77 Reed Road, HLO2-1/J12, Hudson, MA 01749
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