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From: b460nom@utarlg.uta.edu (S. Nomura)
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Subject: Re: FAX Machine at Home: Options for Incoming Transmissions
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Date: 16 Nov 90 00:41:30 GMT
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In article <14682@accuvax.nwu.edu>, JMS@mis.Arizona.EDU writes:

>Telecom readers:

>I am facing a problem which I believe that several of you have already
>faced, and many of you will soon: the proliferation of things-that-use-
>the-phone.

My configuration:

At office: a 386 PC with Complete Communicator (PC fax, answering
machine, modem all in one board).

At home: a 386 SX PC with a 2400 baud modem.

Software: pcANYWHERE, GWS (Grahpics Workshop, shareware)

Scenario: 

1) People can send faxes and leave messages to the 386 at my office
day and night.

2) In the evening at my home, I use pcANYWHERE to connect to the 386
at my office and check to see if there are any faxes received. If
there are, I use the software that came with the board to convert the
fax file to PCX format. I then transfer the PCX file to my machine at
home and can do whatever I want.

3) If I need to send a fax, I call the 386 at my office by PC
*ANYWHERE* and configure the fax software so that it sends fax
automatically in three minutes. I then hang up.

I don't have a fax machine at home yet I can retrieve and send faxes
from home.


S. Nomura   Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington  Arlington, Texas 76019-023
internet: b460nom@utarlg.utarl.edu  bitnet:b460nom@utarlg 
+1 817 273 2012 (press 2 for fax)