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From: eli@pws.bull.com (Steve Elias)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Re: Unix drivers for fax boards
Message-ID: <20385@know.pws.bull.com>
Date: 14 Jan 91 13:04:59 GMT
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In article <37994@cup.portal.com> DeadHead@cup.portal.com (Bruce M Ong) writes:
>Get a JTFAX board, 

also consider a Brooktrout TR112 (2 fax channels, with or without DID),
or a TR111 (1 channel, no DID).

>you dont need a device driver because all its
>registers are mapped into the memory segment between 640K and 1MB.

imho, this fact does not obviate the need for a device driver.  
the control code for the memory mapped area is a device driver!

>You can open /dev/mem to control it. And Hayes provides the tech doc
>on the modem.

Brooktrout provides unix fax drivers for *FREE*.  (not with source.)
and they also provide source to fax "daemons" which talk to 
the driver.  and they also provide tech docs on their boards.

(this posting made in the interests of "equal time" & competition.)
((i usually only respond via email to recommend a vendor, but since
  Bruce posted his recommendation...  :) :)

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