Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!rlin From: rlin@cs.ubc.ca (Robert Lin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Fax on NeXT Message-ID: <9696@ubc-cs.UUCP> Date: 22 Sep 90 05:26:06 GMT References: <50712@brunix.UUCP> <1990Sep22.013143.5388@portia.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@cs.ubc.ca Organization: Objective Software Engineering Corp. Lines: 25 >You may want to get a 9600 bps modem since it's great to be able >to fax from your NeXT... Actually, you need a fax modem, not a 9600 bps data modem, to do the trick. Fax modems come in various speeds; 2400, 4800, 7200, and 9600 are some examples, though almost all support 9600 bps. Some even support 14,400 bps using more-or-less proprietary formats. NeXT bundles some basic fax software with System 2.0. You will now be able to send faxes, but if I understand correctly, not receive. Also, I have yet to be able to track down a good source for the fax modem that is supported (a Ricoh fax modem ... my local Ricoh dealer knows nothing about them). VISUS also offers a fax modem, but apparently it only works with PaperSight. And then there's MirageFax (page 71 in Fall 1990 catalog), which I wrote. It will both send and receive, it works with any application that can print, and the MirageFax modem has a 2400 bps Hayes compatible data modem as well. People who are interested in details should e-mail me. - Robert Lin