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From: paulr@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Paul T Russell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: U N C L E ! !
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Date: 1 Sep 90 10:52:08 GMT
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From article <90243.155827DLP@psuvm.psu.edu>, by DLP@psuvm.psu.edu (David L. Passmore):
> Ok, I give up!
> 
> I don't think that this AppleFax modem will ever work. I have tried it on
> a Mac IIcx and a Mac+. I keep getting system error 11-- "Misc hardware error."
> I am beginning to believe that this is true.
> 
> Is there ANY assistance out there? Should we just throw these AppleFax
> modems away in the IBM PC trash? Does anyone else out there experience this?

We bought a number of AppleFax modems about a year ago and they all seem
to be failing about now. (A couple of them are still working). I gather
that Apple is no longer making the AppleFax modem (I wonder why ?).
The nicest alternative FAX modem I saw at Boston MacWorld was the
FlexFAX but it's expensive at $899.

I doubt that there's any way of getting these modems fixed, so, yes, I
think it's time to write them off as a bad loss and start looking for a
decent alternative - any recommendations from satisfied FAX modem
users would be appreciated (we would need them to work with BackFAX/
FaxGate).

//Paul


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